Kochi panchang, 23 April 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 11:40 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:11 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta 10:19 – 11:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Rahu Kalam 13:56 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:06
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:34 to 06:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:49
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:57 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:32 next day
- Karana Gara until 09:45, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 20:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:57 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 03:32 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:19 – 11:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:49 – 08:01 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 03:32 – 05:32 next day
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. 04:38 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:11 – 20:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:11 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 20:57 – 06:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:57 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:11 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:44 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Char | 10:50 – 12:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:23 – 13:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:56 – 15:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:29 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:01 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:01 – 21:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:28 – 22:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:23 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:50 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:34 Aries
- 07:34 – 09:37 Taurus
- 09:37 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 17:55 Virgo
- 17:55 – 19:59 Libra
- 19:59 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:17 next day Sagittarius
- 00:17 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 05:39 next day Pisces
- 05:39 – 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