Kochi panchang, 12 January 2024
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 07:31 Pausha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:12 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta 09:04 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam 11:06 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:53
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:19 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:23
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 15:18 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 14:04
- Karana Bava until 14:23, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 14:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:18 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:12 – 09:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:04 – 09:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:04 – 15:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:53
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. 05:06 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 14:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:18 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:12 – 09:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:39 – 11:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:06 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:33 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Char | 16:53 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:53 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:33 – 02:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:06 – 03:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:39 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:13 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:06 – 07:00 Sagittarius
- 07:00 – 08:56 Capricorn
- 08:56 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:22 Pisces
- 12:22 – 14:13 Aries
- 14:13 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:34 Cancer
- 20:34 – 22:35 Leo
- 22:35 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:38 next day Libra
- 02:38 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
- 04:49 – 06:46 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