Kochi panchang, 8 January 2024
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 03:26 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:11 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 11:04 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:54
- Durmuhurta 12:54 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:57 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 15:59
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:17 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 05:05 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:59
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:03 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 02:55 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:29, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:55 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:52 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:11 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:54 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 15:59
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. 05:05 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 22:03
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:11 – 09:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:38 – 11:04 | Good |
| Rog | 11:04 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Char | 13:57 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 16:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:51 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:51 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:38 – 05:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:11 – 06:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:05 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:16 Sagittarius
- 07:16 – 09:11 Capricorn
- 09:11 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:38 Pisces
- 12:38 – 14:28 Aries
- 14:28 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 20:50 Cancer
- 20:50 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 00:49 next day Virgo
- 00:49 – 02:54 next day Libra
- 02:54 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 06:45 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