Kochi panchang, 22 April 2026
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 10:37 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:23 – 13:56
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:34 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:07 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:50
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:13 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 09:08
- Karana Kaulava until 12:01, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:08 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 12:01 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:07 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:56
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 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 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 06:12 – 22:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:50 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:23 | Good |
| Rog | 12:23 – 13:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:56 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Char | 15:29 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:56 | Good |
| Char | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:23 – 01:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:50 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:11 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 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:38 Aries
- 07:38 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 13:59 Cancer
- 13:59 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 17:59 Virgo
- 17:59 – 20:03 Libra
- 20:03 – 22:14 Scorpio
- 22:14 – 00:21 next day Sagittarius
- 00:21 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 04:01 next day Aquarius
- 04:01 – 05:43 next day Pisces
- 05:43 – 06:11 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