Kochi panchang, 16 March 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 11:20 Phalguna month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 07:20 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:03 – 15:34
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:34 to 06:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 21:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:05 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 18:07
- Karana Gara until 09:48, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:05 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 18:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 21:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:20 – 08:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:34
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. 04:56 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:58
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:32 – 16:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 16:05
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 11:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:03 – 12:33 | Bad |
| Char | 12:33 – 14:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:03 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 17:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:04 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:34 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:33 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:32 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:31 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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:28 Aquarius
- 06:28 – 08:11 Pisces
- 08:11 – 10:01 Aries
- 10:01 – 12:04 Taurus
- 12:04 – 14:15 Gemini
- 14:15 – 16:23 Cancer
- 16:23 – 18:23 Leo
- 18:23 – 20:22 Virgo
- 20:22 – 22:26 Libra
- 22:26 – 00:37 next day Scorpio
- 00:37 – 02:45 next day Sagittarius
- 02:45 – 04:40 next day Capricorn
- 04:40 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
- 06:24 – 06:31 next day Pisces
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