Kochi panchang, 23 January 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 09:56 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 18:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:15 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta 09:07 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam 11:09 – 12:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:13 – 13:00
- Durmuhurta 13:00 – 13:46
- Yamaganda 15:31 – 16:58
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:25 to 06:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:33 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 15:59
- Karana Bava until 14:10, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:33 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:33 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:07 – 09:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:09 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:00 – 13:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 16:58
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. 05:09 – 05:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:13 – 13:00
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:33 – 06:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:46 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:48 – 08:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:15 – 09:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:42 – 11:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:09 – 12:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:36 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:31 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:25 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:31 – 23:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:03 – 00:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:36 – 02:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:09 – 03:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:42 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:48 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:48 NowSaturn
- 17:48 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 06:15 Sagittarius
- 06:15 – 08:10 Capricorn
- 08:10 – 09:55 Aquarius
- 09:55 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:27 Aries
- 13:27 – 15:31 Taurus
- 15:31 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 21:50 Leo
- 21:50 – 23:48 Virgo
- 23:48 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:04 next day Scorpio
- 04:04 – 06:11 next day Sagittarius
- 06:11 – 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