Kochi panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 08:29 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:51 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 13:56 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:06
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:34 to 06:12 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:51 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 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. 04:40 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:48
- 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 06:13 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:13 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 06:12 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:13 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:51 | Good |
| Rog | 10:51 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:23 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Char | 13:56 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 17:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:01 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 20:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:01 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:29 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:23 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:51 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:12 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
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMoon
- 07:13 NowSaturn
- 08:13 NowJupiter
- 09:13 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:13 NowMercury
- 13:13 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:13 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:13 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:13 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:45 Aries
- 07:45 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:07 Cancer
- 14:07 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 18:06 Virgo
- 18:06 – 20:11 Libra
- 20:11 – 22:21 Scorpio
- 22:21 – 00:29 next day Sagittarius
- 00:29 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:51 next day Pisces
- 05:51 – 06:12 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