Kochi panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 07:12 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:00 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam 11:01 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:44
- Yamaganda 15:33 – 17:04
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:34 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 17:04
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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:30 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 08:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:00 – 09:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:31 – 11:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:01 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:32 – 14:03 | Good |
| Rog | 14:03 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Char | 17:04 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:04 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:33 – 23:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:00 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:15 Aquarius
- 06:15 – 07:57 Pisces
- 07:57 – 09:47 Aries
- 09:47 – 11:51 Taurus
- 11:51 – 14:02 Gemini
- 14:02 – 16:09 Cancer
- 16:09 – 18:09 Leo
- 18:09 – 20:08 Virgo
- 20:08 – 22:13 Libra
- 22:13 – 00:23 next day Scorpio
- 00:23 – 02:31 next day Sagittarius
- 02:31 – 04:26 next day Capricorn
- 04:26 – 06:11 next day Aquarius
- 06:11 – 06:29 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