Kochi panchang, 23 September 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 16:03 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 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:47
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:19 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:51
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:09 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:27
- Karana Bava until 10:22, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 10:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:27 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:57 Moon enters Aquarius
- 22:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:47
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:09 – 06:14 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. 04:39 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 22:51
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:47 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:49 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:47 | Good |
| Char | 22:47 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:14 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 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:54 Leo
- 05:54 – 07:53 Virgo
- 07:53 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 12:08 Scorpio
- 12:08 – 14:16 Sagittarius
- 14:16 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:55 Aquarius
- 17:55 – 19:38 Pisces
- 19:38 – 21:28 Aries
- 21:28 – 23:32 Taurus
- 23:32 – 01:43 next day Gemini
- 01:43 – 03:50 next day Cancer
- 03:50 – 05:50 next day Leo
- 05:50 – 06:14 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