Kochi panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 09:41 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 11:00 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:07 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 14:02 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:09
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:34 to 06:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:38
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:22
- Karana Bava until 07:57, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:00 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:09
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. 04:53 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:07 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:49 – 06:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:49 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:30 – 11:00 | Good |
| Rog | 11:00 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:31 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Char | 14:02 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 20:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:03 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:33 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:02 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:31 – 02:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:00 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:03 Aquarius
- 06:03 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:39 Taurus
- 11:39 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 17:58 Leo
- 17:58 – 19:56 Virgo
- 19:56 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:12 next day Scorpio
- 00:12 – 02:19 next day Sagittarius
- 02:19 – 04:14 next day Capricorn
- 04:14 – 05:59 next day Aquarius
- 05:59 – 06:27 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