Kochi panchang, 17 September 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 11:16 Bhadrapada month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 15:57
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
18:23 to 06:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 10:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 19:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Priti
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 15:57
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. 04:40 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:46 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Char | 10:48 – 12:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:19 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:21 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:52 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:52 – 21:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:21 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:19 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:46 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:18 Leo
- 06:18 – 08:17 Virgo
- 08:17 – 10:21 Libra
- 10:21 – 12:32 Scorpio
- 12:32 – 14:39 Sagittarius
- 14:39 – 16:35 Capricorn
- 16:35 – 18:19 Aquarius
- 18:19 – 20:01 Pisces
- 20:01 – 21:52 Aries
- 21:52 – 23:55 Taurus
- 23:55 – 02:06 next day Gemini
- 02:06 – 04:14 next day Cancer
- 04:14 – 06:14 next day Leo
- 06:14 – 06:15 next day Virgo
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