Kochi panchang, 20 September 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 13:50 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 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Yamaganda 12:18 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:21
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:21 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 17:52
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:34 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:22
- Karana Kaulava until 17:52, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 17:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:21
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 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 06:15 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:34 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:15 – 07:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:46 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:18 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:49 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:49 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:45 – 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 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:05 Virgo
- 08:05 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:20 Scorpio
- 12:20 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 18:07 Aquarius
- 18:07 – 19:50 Pisces
- 19:50 – 21:40 Aries
- 21:40 – 23:43 Taurus
- 23:43 – 01:54 next day Gemini
- 01:54 – 04:02 next day Cancer
- 04:02 – 06:02 next day Leo
- 06:02 – 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