Kochi panchang, 21 September 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 14:36 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 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:42
- Durmuhurta 12:42 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam 13:48 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta 15:07 – 15:55
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:20 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:01
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:07 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:05
- Karana Taitila until 06:59, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:15 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:42 – 13:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:48 – 15:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:07 – 15:55
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:05 – 18:29
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 00:31 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:31 – 06:15 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. 04:40 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Char | 13:48 – 15:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:19 – 16:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:50 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:50 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:19 – 22:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:19 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:19 NowMoon
- 21:19 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:02 Leo
- 06:02 – 08:01 Virgo
- 08:01 – 10:05 Libra
- 10:05 – 12:16 Scorpio
- 12:16 – 14:24 Sagittarius
- 14:24 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 18:03 Aquarius
- 18:03 – 19:46 Pisces
- 19:46 – 21:36 Aries
- 21:36 – 23:39 Taurus
- 23:39 – 01:50 next day Gemini
- 01:50 – 03:58 next day Cancer
- 03:58 – 05:58 next day Leo
- 05:58 – 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