Kochi panchang, 17 September 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 02:15 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 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:50
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:23 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Bava until 11:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 11:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:55 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:50
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 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:40 – 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 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:50 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:50 | Good |
| Char | 22:50 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 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
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:16 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)
- 04:40 – 06:17 Leo
- 06:17 – 08:16 Virgo
- 08:16 – 10:20 Libra
- 10:20 – 12:31 Scorpio
- 12:31 – 14:38 Sagittarius
- 14:38 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:18 Aquarius
- 18:18 – 20:00 Pisces
- 20:00 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 23:54 Taurus
- 23:54 – 02:05 next day Gemini
- 02:05 – 04:12 next day Cancer
- 04:12 – 06:13 next day Leo
- 06:13 – 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