Kochi panchang, 6 March 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 02:54 Magha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:06 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 13:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 13:00 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 14:05
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:34 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 04:14 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 11:32
- Karana Bava until 17:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 04:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:08 – 11:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:06 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:05
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. 05:01 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:14 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:06 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:05 | Good |
| Char | 23:05 – 00:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:35 – 02:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:06 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:36 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 05:23 Capricorn
- 05:23 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 08:50 Pisces
- 08:50 – 10:40 Aries
- 10:40 – 12:44 Taurus
- 12:44 – 14:55 Gemini
- 14:55 – 17:02 Cancer
- 17:02 – 19:02 Leo
- 19:02 – 21:01 Virgo
- 21:01 – 23:06 Libra
- 23:06 – 01:16 next day Scorpio
- 01:16 – 03:24 next day Sagittarius
- 03:24 – 05:19 next day Capricorn
- 05:19 – 06:37 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