Kochi panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 08:35 Magha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:48 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:09 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 12:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 14:03
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:24 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:08 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:03
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:48 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 11:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:09 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:09 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:09 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:08 – 06:23 Sagittarius
- 06:23 – 08:18 Capricorn
- 08:18 – 10:03 Aquarius
- 10:03 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 21:57 Leo
- 21:57 – 23:56 Virgo
- 23:56 – 02:01 next day Libra
- 02:01 – 04:11 next day Scorpio
- 04:11 – 06:19 next day Sagittarius
- 06:19 – 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