Kochi panchang, 6 May 2026
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 22:37 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 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:55
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:36 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 07:51
- Nakshatra Mula until 15:53 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 01:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 21:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:55
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. 04:34 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:36 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:07 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:07 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:07 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:07 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:52 Pisces
- 04:52 – 06:43 Aries
- 06:43 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:04 Cancer
- 13:04 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 19:08 Libra
- 19:08 – 21:19 Scorpio
- 21:19 – 23:26 Sagittarius
- 23:26 – 01:21 next day Capricorn
- 01:21 – 03:06 next day Aquarius
- 03:06 – 04:48 next day Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:06 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