Kochi panchang, 29 April 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 16:47 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:57 – 12:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:47 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:55
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:35 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 20:51
- Karana Kaulava until 07:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:51 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 00:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:57 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:51 – 22:03
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. 04:36 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:09 – 00:16 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:16 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 07:10 Aries
- 07:10 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:32 Cancer
- 13:32 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 17:31 Virgo
- 17:31 – 19:35 Libra
- 19:35 – 21:46 Scorpio
- 21:46 – 23:54 Sagittarius
- 23:54 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:33 next day Aquarius
- 03:33 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:09 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