Kochi panchang, 20 January 2026
Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 07:53 Magha 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 18:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 09:41 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 12:35 – 14:02
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 16:56
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:23 to 06:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:43 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 13:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 20:01
- Karana Balava until 14:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 14:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:35 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:35 – 14:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:07 – 06:48 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. 05:08 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:43 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:47 – 08:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:14 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Char | 09:41 – 11:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:08 – 12:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:35 – 14:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:02 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:02 – 00:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:36 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:09 – 03:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:42 – 05:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:15 – 06:48 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 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:47 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:27 Sagittarius
- 06:27 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 10:07 Aquarius
- 10:07 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:43 Taurus
- 15:43 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 20:01 Cancer
- 20:01 – 22:01 Leo
- 22:01 – 00:00 next day Virgo
- 00:00 – 02:05 next day Libra
- 02:05 – 04:15 next day Scorpio
- 04:15 – 06:23 next day Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 06:48 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