Kochi panchang, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 17:27 Shravana month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:51 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:59
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:36 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 00:48 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 07:59
- Karana Taitila until 07:59, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:59 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 07:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:59
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:48 – 06:16 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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:16 – 00:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:59 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:36 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 22:59 | Good |
| Char | 22:59 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:44 Cancer
- 05:44 – 07:44 Leo
- 07:44 – 09:43 Virgo
- 09:43 – 11:48 Libra
- 11:48 – 13:58 Scorpio
- 13:58 – 16:06 Sagittarius
- 16:06 – 18:01 Capricorn
- 18:01 – 19:46 Aquarius
- 19:46 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 23:18 Aries
- 23:18 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:33 next day Gemini
- 03:33 – 05:40 next day Cancer
- 05:40 – 06:16 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