Kochi panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 06:36 Vaishakha 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:14 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 13:56 – 15:29
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:34 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:14 – 07:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:29
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. 04:40 – 05:27
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:14 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:46 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:51 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Char | 12:24 – 13:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:56 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:56 – 00:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:24 – 01:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:51 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:46 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:08 Gemini
- 12:08 – 14:15 Cancer
- 14:15 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:14 Virgo
- 18:14 – 20:19 Libra
- 20:19 – 22:29 Scorpio
- 22:29 – 00:37 next day Sagittarius
- 00:37 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:17 next day Aquarius
- 04:17 – 05:59 next day Pisces
- 05:59 – 06:13 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