Kochi panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 09:46 Ashadha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:49- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:13 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:56
- Yamaganda 14:05 – 15:40
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:49 to 06:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 21:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:13 – 07:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:05 – 15:40
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 06:13 next day
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. 04:41 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 21:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:13 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:47 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:56 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Char | 12:31 – 14:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:05 – 15:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:40 – 17:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:14 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:14 – 21:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:40 – 23:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:05 – 00:31 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:31 – 01:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:56 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:47 – 06:13 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
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:10 Gemini
- 06:10 – 08:17 Cancer
- 08:17 – 10:18 Leo
- 10:18 – 12:16 Virgo
- 12:16 – 14:21 Libra
- 14:21 – 16:32 Scorpio
- 16:32 – 18:39 Sagittarius
- 18:39 – 20:34 Capricorn
- 20:34 – 22:19 Aquarius
- 22:19 – 00:01 next day Pisces
- 00:01 – 01:52 next day Aries
- 01:52 – 03:55 next day Taurus
- 03:55 – 06:06 next day Gemini
- 06:06 – 06:13 next day Cancer
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