Kochi panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 21:21 Chaitra 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 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:24 – 13:57
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:34 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 next day
- 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 12:00 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:57
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 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:15 – 05:55 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 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 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:24 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:28 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
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:16 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)
- 04:41 – 06:10 Pisces
- 06:10 – 08:00 Aries
- 08:00 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 16:22 Leo
- 16:22 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 20:26 Libra
- 20:26 – 22:36 Scorpio
- 22:36 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 02:39 next day Capricorn
- 02:39 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 06:06 next day Pisces
- 06:06 – 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