Kochi panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 07:14 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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 18:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Durmuhurta 12:46 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 13:55 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta 15:17 – 16:07
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:38 to 06:04 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:46 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:55 – 15:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:17 – 16:07
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. 04:32 – 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 18:38 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:04 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 06:04 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:04 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:21 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Char | 13:55 – 15:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:29 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:38 | Good |
| Char | 18:38 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:29 – 22:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:55 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:21 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:38 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:07 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:07 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 07:59 Taurus
- 07:59 – 10:10 Gemini
- 10:10 – 12:17 Cancer
- 12:17 – 14:17 Leo
- 14:17 – 16:16 Virgo
- 16:16 – 18:21 Libra
- 18:21 – 20:31 Scorpio
- 20:31 – 22:39 Sagittarius
- 22:39 – 00:34 next day Capricorn
- 00:34 – 02:19 next day Aquarius
- 02:19 – 04:01 next day Pisces
- 04:01 – 05:51 next day Aries
- 05:51 – 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