Kochi panchang, 19 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 11:42 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:55 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:53 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:28 – 14:01
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:40 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 03:44 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:30 next day Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:28 – 14:01
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) 12:03 – 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 – 06:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:17 – 19:20
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:55 – 12:28 | Good |
| Rog | 12:28 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:34 | Bad |
| Char | 15:34 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:34 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:28 – 01:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:55 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:11 Cancer
- 06:11 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 10:11 Virgo
- 10:11 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:26 Scorpio
- 14:26 – 16:33 Sagittarius
- 16:33 – 18:29 Capricorn
- 18:29 – 20:13 Aquarius
- 20:13 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 23:46 Aries
- 23:46 – 01:49 next day Taurus
- 01:49 – 04:00 next day Gemini
- 04:00 – 06:08 next day Cancer
- 06:08 – 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