Kochi panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 01:17 Shravana month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:55 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:01 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:22 – 16:11
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:40 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:59
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:22 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:59 – 00:11 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. 04:44 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:59
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:17 – 02:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:55 | Good |
| Rog | 10:55 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:28 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Char | 14:01 – 15:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:34 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:40 | Good |
| Char | 18:40 – 20:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:07 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:34 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:01 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:28 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:55 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:22 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:14 Cancer
- 06:14 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:29 Scorpio
- 14:29 – 16:36 Sagittarius
- 16:36 – 18:32 Capricorn
- 18:32 – 20:16 Aquarius
- 20:16 – 21:58 Pisces
- 21:58 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 01:52 next day Taurus
- 01:52 – 04:03 next day Gemini
- 04:03 – 06:10 next day Cancer
- 06:10 – 06:17 next day Leo
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