Kochi panchang, 18 March 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 13:11 Phalguna month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 11:02 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:10
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:34 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 22:49
- Nakshatra Ardra until 18:10 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:36
- Karana Balava until 10:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 22:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:10
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. 04:55 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:10 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:32 – 11:02 | Good |
| Rog | 11:02 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:32 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Char | 14:03 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:33 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:03 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:32 – 02:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:02 – 03:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:31 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:20 Aquarius
- 06:20 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 06:17 next day Aquarius
- 06:17 – 06:30 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