Kochi panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 13:43 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:57
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:34 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:50
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:57
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:50 – 02:14 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. 04:41 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:24 | Good |
| Rog | 12:24 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:05 Pisces
- 06:05 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:59 Taurus
- 09:59 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 16:17 Leo
- 16:17 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:31 Scorpio
- 22:31 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 06:01 next day Pisces
- 06:01 – 06:14 next day Aries
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