Kochi panchang, 28 February 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 21:30 Magha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam 11:08 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 14:06
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:34 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 07:33 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 17:16
- Karana Bava until 15:08, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:33 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:08 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:59 Moon enters Libra
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:08 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:06
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:17 – 13:33
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. 05:04 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 07:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:39 – 11:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:08 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 14:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:06 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:06 | Good |
| Char | 23:06 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:08 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:51 Capricorn
- 05:51 – 07:35 Aquarius
- 07:35 – 09:18 Pisces
- 09:18 – 11:08 Aries
- 11:08 – 13:11 Taurus
- 13:11 – 15:22 Gemini
- 15:22 – 17:30 Cancer
- 17:30 – 19:30 Leo
- 19:30 – 21:29 Virgo
- 21:29 – 23:33 Libra
- 23:33 – 01:44 next day Scorpio
- 01:44 – 03:52 next day Sagittarius
- 03:52 – 05:47 next day Capricorn
- 05:47 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
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