Kochi panchang, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 15:57 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 18:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:54 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:52 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 13:59 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta 15:20 – 16:09
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:37 to 06:17 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 20:28 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 07:04
- Karana Bava until 17:22, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:04 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 17:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:28 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:06 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:52 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:59 – 15:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:20 – 16:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 20:28
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:28 – 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. 04:43 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:57
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:54 | Good |
| Rog | 10:54 – 12:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:27 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Char | 13:59 – 15:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:32 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:37 | Good |
| Char | 18:37 – 20:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:05 – 21:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:32 – 22:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:59 – 00:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:27 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:54 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:22 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:49 – 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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:52 Cancer
- 05:52 – 07:52 Leo
- 07:52 – 09:51 Virgo
- 09:51 – 11:55 Libra
- 11:55 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:14 Sagittarius
- 16:14 – 18:09 Capricorn
- 18:09 – 19:53 Aquarius
- 19:53 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:26 Aries
- 23:26 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:48 next day Cancer
- 05:48 – 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