Kochi panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 04:59 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:26 – 11:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:48
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:06 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:26 – 11:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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. 04:56 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:21 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:14 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:14 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:48 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:36 next day | Good |
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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:52 Taurus
- 17:52 – 20:03 Gemini
- 20:03 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:11 next day Leo
- 00:11 – 02:10 next day Virgo
- 02:10 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 06:36 next day Sagittarius
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