Kochi panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 18:19 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 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam 09:36 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:55 – 15:22
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:15 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:32
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 09:05
- Karana Bava until 15:32, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:36 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:15 – 01:47 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. 05:03 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:09 – 09:36 | Good |
| Rog | 09:36 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Char | 12:29 – 13:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:55 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:29 – 02:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:03 – 03:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:36 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 05:26 Scorpio
- 05:26 – 07:34 Sagittarius
- 07:34 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:11 next day Libra
- 03:11 – 05:22 next day Scorpio
- 05:22 – 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