Kochi panchang, 16 April 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 05:03 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam 13:57 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:06
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:34 to 06:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 20:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 10:37
- Karana Vishti until 09:26, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:26 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:11 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 20:11 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:31 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:10
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:57 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:06
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. 04:41 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:59 – 06:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:11 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:47 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Char | 10:52 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 13:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:57 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:29 – 22:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:57 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:52 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:47 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:22 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 08:01 Aries
- 08:01 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:16 Gemini
- 12:16 – 14:23 Cancer
- 14:23 – 16:23 Leo
- 16:23 – 18:22 Virgo
- 18:22 – 20:27 Libra
- 20:27 – 22:37 Scorpio
- 22:37 – 00:45 next day Sagittarius
- 00:45 – 02:40 next day Capricorn
- 02:40 – 04:24 next day Aquarius
- 04:24 – 06:07 next day Pisces
- 06:07 – 06:14 next day Aries
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