Kochi panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 05:13 Vaishakha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:37- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:55 – 15:29
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:37 to 06:04 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:29
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. 04:33 – 05:18
- 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 18:37 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 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 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:37 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:29 – 22:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:55 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:10 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:26 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:03 Aries
- 06:03 – 08:07 Taurus
- 08:07 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:25 Cancer
- 12:25 – 14:25 Leo
- 14:25 – 16:24 Virgo
- 16:24 – 18:29 Libra
- 18:29 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:47 Sagittarius
- 22:47 – 00:42 next day Capricorn
- 00:42 – 02:27 next day Aquarius
- 02:27 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:59 next day Aries
- 05:59 – 06:04 next day Taurus
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