Kochi panchang, 2 January 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 17:12 Pausha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta 09:01 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam 11:02 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 15:21 – 16:48
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:14 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:53
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:04 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:07
- Karana Gara until 08:38, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 13:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:01 – 09:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:02 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:48
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. 05:03 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 20:04
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:36 – 11:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:02 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:21 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:14 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:21 – 22:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:55 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:02 – 03:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:36 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:21 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:38 Sagittarius
- 07:38 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:54 Taurus
- 16:54 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:12 Leo
- 23:12 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 06:43 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