Kochi panchang, 9 May 2026
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 00:10 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:06 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:55 – 15:29
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:36 to 06:06 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:03
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:24 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 02:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:24 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:35 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:40 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:29
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:25 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 20:20 – 22:30
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 23:24
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:06 – 07:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:40 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:55 – 15:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:29 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:36 – 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 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:39 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:23 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:06 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:06 NowMars
- 09:06 NowSun
- 10:06 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:06 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:06 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:40 Pisces
- 04:40 – 06:31 Aries
- 06:31 – 08:34 Taurus
- 08:34 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 12:52 Cancer
- 12:52 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 16:52 Virgo
- 16:52 – 18:56 Libra
- 18:56 – 21:07 Scorpio
- 21:07 – 23:14 Sagittarius
- 23:14 – 01:10 next day Capricorn
- 01:10 – 02:54 next day Aquarius
- 02:54 – 04:36 next day Pisces
- 04:36 – 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