Kochi panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:14 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:02 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:29 – 13:55
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:14 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:55
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:03 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:43 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:02 – 12:29 | Good |
| Rog | 12:29 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:02 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:43 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:28 Scorpio
- 05:28 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:31 Capricorn
- 09:31 – 11:15 Aquarius
- 11:15 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:48 Aries
- 14:48 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:10 Cancer
- 21:10 – 23:10 Leo
- 23:10 – 01:09 next day Virgo
- 01:09 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:24 next day Scorpio
- 05:24 – 06:43 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method