Kochi panchang, 16 February 2026
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 05:48 Magha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:13 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 11:10 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Durmuhurta 13:02 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 14:07 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:24 – 16:11
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:32 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 17:34
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:48 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 01:50 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 17:34, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:34 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 17:34 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:48 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:36 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:02 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:07 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:24 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:50 – 13:09 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 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 20:48
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 20:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:13 – 09:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:42 – 11:10 | Good |
| Rog | 11:10 – 12:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:39 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Char | 14:07 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:32 | Good |
| Char | 18:32 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:35 – 23:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:07 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:38 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:10 – 03:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:41 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:13 – 06:44 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:36 Capricorn
- 06:36 – 08:20 Aquarius
- 08:20 – 10:03 Pisces
- 10:03 – 11:53 Aries
- 11:53 – 13:57 Taurus
- 13:57 – 16:08 Gemini
- 16:08 – 18:15 Cancer
- 18:15 – 20:15 Leo
- 20:15 – 22:14 Virgo
- 22:14 – 00:18 next day Libra
- 00:18 – 02:29 next day Scorpio
- 02:29 – 04:37 next day Sagittarius
- 04:37 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
- 06:32 – 06:44 next day Aquarius
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