Kochi panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:48 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 13:52 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 18:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:15 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:14 – 13:01 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:37 – 14:05
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 06:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 05:09 – 05:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:36
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:15 – 09:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:37 – 14:05
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:14 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:48 – 09:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:48 – 09:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:48 – 06:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:27 – 06:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:48 – 08:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:15 – 09:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:43 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:37 | Good |
| Rog | 12:37 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 16:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:59 – 18:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:27 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:59 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 23:05 | Good |
| Char | 23:05 – 00:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:37 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:43 – 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
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:43 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)
- 05:09 – 05:55 Sagittarius
- 05:55 – 07:51 Capricorn
- 07:51 – 09:35 Aquarius
- 09:35 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 13:08 Aries
- 13:08 – 15:11 Taurus
- 15:11 – 17:22 Gemini
- 17:22 – 19:30 Cancer
- 19:30 – 21:30 Leo
- 21:30 – 23:29 Virgo
- 23:29 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:44 next day Scorpio
- 03:44 – 05:51 next day Sagittarius
- 05:51 – 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