Kochi panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 05:40 Ashadha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:05 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 14:03
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:43 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:43 – 21:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 06:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 06:06 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 15:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 14:03
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. 04:44 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:05 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 21:01
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:03 – 15:36 | Bad |
| Char | 15:36 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:43 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:36 – 23:03 | Good |
| Char | 23:03 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:39 Cancer
- 06:39 – 08:39 Leo
- 08:39 – 10:38 Virgo
- 10:38 – 12:43 Libra
- 12:43 – 14:53 Scorpio
- 14:53 – 17:01 Sagittarius
- 17:01 – 18:56 Capricorn
- 18:56 – 20:41 Aquarius
- 20:41 – 22:23 Pisces
- 22:23 – 00:13 next day Aries
- 00:13 – 02:17 next day Taurus
- 02:17 – 04:28 next day Gemini
- 04:28 – 06:16 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