Kochi panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 12:33 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 18:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:22 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta 10:24 – 11:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:53
- Rahu Kalam 14:01 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:11
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:39 to 06:17 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:24 – 11:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:01 – 15:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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) 12:03 – 12:53
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:22 – 10:55 | Bad |
| Char | 10:55 – 12:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:28 – 14:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:01 – 15:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:34 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:39 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:06 – 21:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:34 – 23:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:01 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:28 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:55 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:22 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:08 Cancer
- 06:08 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:07 Virgo
- 10:07 – 12:11 Libra
- 12:11 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:29 Sagittarius
- 16:29 – 18:25 Capricorn
- 18:25 – 20:09 Aquarius
- 20:09 – 21:51 Pisces
- 21:51 – 23:42 Aries
- 23:42 – 01:45 next day Taurus
- 01:45 – 03:56 next day Gemini
- 03:56 – 06:04 next day Cancer
- 06:04 – 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