Kochi panchang, 2 May 2026
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 19:12 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:08 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 06:58 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:55 – 15:28
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:35 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:50 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 07:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:44
- Karana Balava until 11:49, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:49 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:44 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 00:50 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:50 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:58 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:28
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 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:08 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:22 | Bad |
| Char | 12:22 – 13:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:55 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:08 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
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:10 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 09:02 Taurus
- 09:02 – 11:13 Gemini
- 11:13 – 13:20 Cancer
- 13:20 – 15:20 Leo
- 15:20 – 17:19 Virgo
- 17:19 – 19:24 Libra
- 19:24 – 21:34 Scorpio
- 21:34 – 23:42 Sagittarius
- 23:42 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 03:22 next day Aquarius
- 03:22 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 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