Kochi panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 10:03 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:50 – 09:23
- Yamaganda 10:56 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:53
- Durmuhurta 12:53 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 14:02 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta 15:22 – 16:12
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:41 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:41 – 21:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:53 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:02 – 15:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:22 – 16:12
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:16 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:41 – 21:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:16 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:50 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:23 – 10:56 | Good |
| Rog | 10:56 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:29 – 14:02 | Bad |
| Char | 14:02 – 15:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:35 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:41 | Good |
| Char | 18:41 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:35 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:02 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:29 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:56 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:23 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:19 Cancer
- 06:19 – 08:20 Leo
- 08:20 – 10:19 Virgo
- 10:19 – 12:23 Libra
- 12:23 – 14:34 Scorpio
- 14:34 – 16:41 Sagittarius
- 16:41 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:21 Aquarius
- 20:21 – 22:03 Pisces
- 22:03 – 23:54 Aries
- 23:54 – 01:57 next day Taurus
- 01:57 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 06:15 next day Cancer
- 06:15 – 06:17 next day Leo
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