Kochi panchang, 8 May 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:36 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:40 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:36
- Yamaganda 15:28 – 17:02
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:36 to 06:06 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:22
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 02:30 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:22, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:30 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:28 – 17:02
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 – 05:20
- 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 18:36 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:06 – 21:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:06 – 12:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:20 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:40 – 09:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:14 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:21 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:28 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 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 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:21 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:21 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:44 Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:35 Aries
- 06:35 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 12:56 Cancer
- 12:56 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 16:56 Virgo
- 16:56 – 19:00 Libra
- 19:00 – 21:11 Scorpio
- 21:11 – 23:18 Sagittarius
- 23:18 – 01:14 next day Capricorn
- 01:14 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 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