Kochi panchang, 4 January 2026
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 19:24 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 12:29 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:15
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:15 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:30
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 15:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:47 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:30, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:43 Moon enters Cancer
- 12:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:47 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 13:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:47 – 02:59 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. 05:04 – 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 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:11 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:43 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:36 – 11:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:03 – 12:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:29 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:56 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:15 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:56 – 00:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:30 – 02:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:03 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:37 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:44 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 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:25 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:30 Sagittarius
- 07:30 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:04 Leo
- 23:04 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 03:08 next day Libra
- 03:08 – 05:18 next day Scorpio
- 05:18 – 06:44 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