Kochi panchang, 4 May 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 20:55 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:35- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:41 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:55 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta 15:16 – 16:06
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:35 to 06:07 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:58 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 23:19
- Karana Vanija until 16:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:58 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:19 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:28 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:16 – 16:06
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. 04:35 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:46
- 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 06:07 – 09:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:07 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:41 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Char | 13:55 – 15:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:28 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:35 | Good |
| Char | 18:35 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:28 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:55 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:07 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:19 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:19 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:07 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:07 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:07 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:07 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:07 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:12 Cancer
- 13:12 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:11 Virgo
- 17:11 – 19:16 Libra
- 19:16 – 21:26 Scorpio
- 21:26 – 23:34 Sagittarius
- 23:34 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 04:56 next day Pisces
- 04:56 – 06:07 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