Kochi panchang, 4 January 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 00:10 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 18:15- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam 09:36 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta 10:34 – 11:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam 13:56 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 15:57
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:15 to 06:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 06:48 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:34 – 11:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 15:57
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 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 18:15 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:10 – 09:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:36 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Char | 11:03 – 12:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:29 – 13:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:56 – 15:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:22 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:15 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:22 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:29 – 02:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:03 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:36 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:10 – 06:44 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:34 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:22 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:24 Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:32 Sagittarius
- 07:32 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:11 Aquarius
- 11:11 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 18:59 Gemini
- 18:59 – 21:06 Cancer
- 21:06 – 23:06 Leo
- 23:06 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 06:44 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