Kochi panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 09:14 Shravana 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 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 12:29 – 14:02
- Gulika Kalam 15:35 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:41
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:41 to 06:16 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:29 – 14:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:35 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:41
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:44 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:04 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:16 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:50 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:56 – 12:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:29 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:02 – 15:35 | Good |
| Rog | 15:35 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:35 | Good |
| Char | 21:35 – 23:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:02 – 00:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:29 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:56 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:50 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:39 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:23 Cancer
- 06:23 – 08:24 Leo
- 08:24 – 10:22 Virgo
- 10:22 – 12:27 Libra
- 12:27 – 14:38 Scorpio
- 14:38 – 16:45 Sagittarius
- 16:45 – 18:40 Capricorn
- 18:40 – 20:25 Aquarius
- 20:25 – 22:07 Pisces
- 22:07 – 23:58 Aries
- 23:58 – 02:01 next day Taurus
- 02:01 – 04:12 next day Gemini
- 04:12 – 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