Kochi panchang, 4 September 2026
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:31 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 18:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 15:27 – 16:59
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:31 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 00:14 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 23:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 15:44
- Karana Balava until 13:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:44 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:04 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:14 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 00:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 16:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 15:44 – 16:56
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. 04:42 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:24 – 13:55 | Good |
| Rog | 13:55 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:27 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Char | 16:59 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:31 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:59 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:27 – 22:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:55 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:52 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:09 Cancer
- 05:09 – 07:09 Leo
- 07:09 – 09:08 Virgo
- 09:08 – 11:12 Libra
- 11:12 – 13:23 Scorpio
- 13:23 – 15:30 Sagittarius
- 15:30 – 17:26 Capricorn
- 17:26 – 19:10 Aquarius
- 19:10 – 20:53 Pisces
- 20:53 – 22:43 Aries
- 22:43 – 00:46 next day Taurus
- 00:46 – 02:57 next day Gemini
- 02:57 – 05:05 next day Cancer
- 05:05 – 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