Kochi panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 09:28 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:38 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:46 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:55
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:38 to 06:04 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:55
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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 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 18:38 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:04 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:38 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:55 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:30 – 22:55 | Good |
| Char | 22:55 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:07 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:07 NowSaturn
- 06:04 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 08:04 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:04 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:04 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:04 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:09 Cancer
- 12:09 – 14:10 Leo
- 14:10 – 16:08 Virgo
- 16:08 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:24 Scorpio
- 20:24 – 22:31 Sagittarius
- 22:31 – 00:26 next day Capricorn
- 00:26 – 02:11 next day Aquarius
- 02:11 – 03:53 next day Pisces
- 03:53 – 05:44 next day Aries
- 05:44 – 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