Kochi panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 18:22 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:38 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:47
- Durmuhurta 12:47 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 17:02
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:35 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:53
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:13
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:42 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:38 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:47 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44 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. 04:36 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:53 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:08 – 07:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:42 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:22 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:28 – 22:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:55 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 07:02 Aries
- 07:02 – 09:06 Taurus
- 09:06 – 11:17 Gemini
- 11:17 – 13:24 Cancer
- 13:24 – 15:24 Leo
- 15:24 – 17:23 Virgo
- 17:23 – 19:28 Libra
- 19:28 – 21:38 Scorpio
- 21:38 – 23:46 Sagittarius
- 23:46 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:08 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