Kochi panchang, 17 February 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 06:31 Magha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 18:33- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 09:06 – 09:53
- Yamaganda 09:41 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 12:38 – 14:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:35 – 17:04
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:33 to 06:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:31
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 21:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 00:28 next day
- Karana Naga until 17:31, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:05 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:31 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:06 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:41 – 11:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 17:04
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 21:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:16 – 06:44 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 18:33 – 20:59
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:13 – 09:41 | Bad |
| Char | 09:41 – 11:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:10 – 12:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:38 – 14:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:07 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:35 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:33 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:35 – 23:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:07 – 00:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:38 – 02:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:10 – 03:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:41 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 08:16 Aquarius
- 08:16 – 09:59 Pisces
- 09:59 – 11:49 Aries
- 11:49 – 13:53 Taurus
- 13:53 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 18:11 Cancer
- 18:11 – 20:11 Leo
- 20:11 – 22:10 Virgo
- 22:10 – 00:15 next day Libra
- 00:15 – 02:25 next day Scorpio
- 02:25 – 04:33 next day Sagittarius
- 04:33 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 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