Kochi panchang, 18 September 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 18:43 Bhadrapada month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:49
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:22 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 08:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 11:00 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ganda until 23:28
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:38 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:43 – 22:33
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. 04:40 – 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) 11:54 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:12 Leo
- 06:12 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:15 Libra
- 10:15 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:33 Sagittarius
- 14:33 – 16:29 Capricorn
- 16:29 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 19:55 Pisces
- 19:55 – 21:46 Aries
- 21:46 – 23:49 Taurus
- 23:49 – 02:00 next day Gemini
- 02:00 – 04:08 next day Cancer
- 04:08 – 06:08 next day Leo
- 06:08 – 06:15 next day Virgo
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