Kochi panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 13:25 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:55 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:42
- Yamaganda 15:33 – 17:06
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:39 to 06:17 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:55 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 17:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 06:17 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 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:17 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:55 – 12:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:28 – 14:00 | Good |
| Rog | 14:00 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:39 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:06 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:33 – 23:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:00 – 00:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:28 – 01:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:55 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:04 Cancer
- 06:04 – 08:04 Leo
- 08:04 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 12:07 Libra
- 12:07 – 14:18 Scorpio
- 14:18 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 20:05 Aquarius
- 20:05 – 21:48 Pisces
- 21:48 – 23:38 Aries
- 23:38 – 01:41 next day Taurus
- 01:41 – 03:52 next day Gemini
- 03:52 – 06:00 next day Cancer
- 06:00 – 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