Kochi panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 07:58 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam 09:30 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:02 – 15:33
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:34 to 06:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 08:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:54 – 05:41
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:56 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:30 | Good |
| Rog | 09:30 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Char | 12:32 – 14:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:02 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 17:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:04 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:33 – 23:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:02 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:30 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:29 next day | Good |
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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:30 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:30 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:11 Aquarius
- 06:11 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 11:47 Taurus
- 11:47 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:05 Cancer
- 16:05 – 18:05 Leo
- 18:05 – 20:04 Virgo
- 20:04 – 22:09 Libra
- 22:09 – 00:19 next day Scorpio
- 00:19 – 02:27 next day Sagittarius
- 02:27 – 04:22 next day Capricorn
- 04:22 – 06:07 next day Aquarius
- 06:07 – 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