Kochi panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 05:07 Phalguna month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:44
- Yamaganda 09:32 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:09 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 12:33 – 14:03
- Rahu Kalam 15:34 – 17:04
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:34 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:23
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:09 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 08:15
- Karana Vanija until 09:23, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 06:22 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:23 – 20:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 17:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 06:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 06:31 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. 04:56 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:09 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:31 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:02 – 09:32 | Bad |
| Char | 09:32 – 11:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:03 – 12:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:33 – 14:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:03 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:34 – 17:04 | Good |
| Rog | 17:04 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:04 – 21:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:34 – 23:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:03 – 00:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:33 – 02:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:02 – 03:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:32 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:01 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 06:26 Aquarius
- 06:26 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 09:59 Aries
- 09:59 – 12:03 Taurus
- 12:03 – 14:14 Gemini
- 14:14 – 16:21 Cancer
- 16:21 – 18:21 Leo
- 18:21 – 20:20 Virgo
- 20:20 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:35 next day Scorpio
- 00:35 – 02:43 next day Sagittarius
- 02:43 – 04:38 next day Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:22 next day Aquarius
- 06:22 – 06:31 next day Pisces
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