Kochi panchang, 18 September 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 12:09 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 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:31
- Yamaganda 15:20 – 16:51
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:22 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:01
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:44 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Priti until 13:34
- Karana Vanija until 13:01, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:01 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:44 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:44 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 02:13 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:51
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:15 – 22:44
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 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:19 – 13:50 | Good |
| Rog | 13:50 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:20 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:50 – 00:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:19 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:18 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:18 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:14 Leo
- 06:14 – 08:13 Virgo
- 08:13 – 10:17 Libra
- 10:17 – 12:28 Scorpio
- 12:28 – 14:35 Sagittarius
- 14:35 – 16:31 Capricorn
- 16:31 – 18:15 Aquarius
- 18:15 – 19:57 Pisces
- 19:57 – 21:48 Aries
- 21:48 – 23:51 Taurus
- 23:51 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 04:10 next day Cancer
- 04:10 – 06:10 next day Leo
- 06:10 – 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