Kochi panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 07:13 Phalguna 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:38 – 14:07
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:33 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:06 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:38 – 14:07
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 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:41 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:38 | Good |
| Rog | 12:38 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:07 | Good |
| Char | 23:07 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:41 – 05:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:12 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:28 Capricorn
- 06:28 – 08:13 Aquarius
- 08:13 – 09:55 Pisces
- 09:55 – 11:45 Aries
- 11:45 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 18:07 Cancer
- 18:07 – 20:07 Leo
- 20:07 – 22:06 Virgo
- 22:06 – 00:11 next day Libra
- 00:11 – 02:21 next day Scorpio
- 02:21 – 04:29 next day Sagittarius
- 04:29 – 06:24 next day Capricorn
- 06:24 – 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