Kochi panchang, 18 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 10:52 Shravana month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:40- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:04 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 12:28 – 14:01
- Rahu Kalam 15:34 – 17:07
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:40 to 06:17 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 14:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:34 – 17:07
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 18:40 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:49 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:55 – 12:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:28 – 14:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:01 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:34 – 17:07 | Good |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:40 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:07 – 21:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:34 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:01 – 00:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:28 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:55 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:49 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:24 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:24 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:15 Cancer
- 06:15 – 08:16 Leo
- 08:16 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:30 Scorpio
- 14:30 – 16:37 Sagittarius
- 16:37 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:17 Aquarius
- 20:17 – 21:59 Pisces
- 21:59 – 23:50 Aries
- 23:50 – 01:53 next day Taurus
- 01:53 – 04:04 next day Gemini
- 04:04 – 06:11 next day Cancer
- 06:11 – 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