Kochi panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 14:58 Phalguna month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:32 – 14:03
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:34 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:32 – 14:03
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 next day
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:31 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:01 – 12:32 | Good |
| Rog | 12:32 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:33 – 23:02 | Good |
| Char | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:00 – 06:29 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 20:06 Virgo
- 20:06 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
- 06:09 – 06:29 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