Kochi panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 04:37 Pausha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:47 to 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:14 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam 11:07 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:11 – 12:57
- Durmuhurta 12:57 – 13:44
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 16:55
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:22 to 06:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:14 – 09:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:57 – 13:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 16:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 05:07 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:11 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:47 – 08:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:14 – 09:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:40 – 11:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:07 – 12:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:34 – 14:01 | Good |
| Rog | 14:01 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 23:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:01 – 00:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:34 – 02:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:07 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:41 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:47 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
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 08:38 Capricorn
- 08:38 – 10:22 Aquarius
- 10:22 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:55 Aries
- 13:55 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 20:17 Cancer
- 20:17 – 22:17 Leo
- 22:17 – 00:16 next day Virgo
- 00:16 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:31 next day Scorpio
- 04:31 – 06:39 next day Sagittarius
- 06:39 – 06:47 next day Capricorn
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