Kochi panchang, 21 April 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 09:32 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:30
- Yamaganda 09:18 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 12:23 – 13:56
- Rahu Kalam 15:29 – 17:01
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:34 to 06:12 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:31
- Karana Bava until 14:45, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 13:00 Moon enters Gemini
- 14:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:58 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:56
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:31 – 14:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:01
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. 04:39 – 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:58 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:12 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:45 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Char | 09:18 – 10:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:51 – 12:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:23 – 13:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:56 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:29 – 17:01 | Good |
| Rog | 17:01 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:34 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:01 – 21:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:29 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:23 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:50 – 03:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:17 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:45 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:14 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:21 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:29 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:21 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:56 Gemini
- 11:56 – 14:03 Cancer
- 14:03 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 18:02 Virgo
- 18:02 – 20:07 Libra
- 20:07 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:25 next day Sagittarius
- 00:25 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 05:47 next day Pisces
- 05:47 – 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