Kochi panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 05:48 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:47 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:49
- Durmuhurta 12:49 – 13:38
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 17:02
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:34 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:49 – 13:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:02
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) 11:59 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:14 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:14 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 06:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:47 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:24 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:51 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:07 Pisces
- 06:07 – 07:57 Aries
- 07:57 – 10:01 Taurus
- 10:01 – 12:12 Gemini
- 12:12 – 14:19 Cancer
- 14:19 – 16:19 Leo
- 16:19 – 18:18 Virgo
- 18:18 – 20:23 Libra
- 20:23 – 22:33 Scorpio
- 22:33 – 00:41 next day Sagittarius
- 00:41 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:21 next day Aquarius
- 04:21 – 06:03 next day Pisces
- 06:03 – 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