Kochi panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 10:51 Ashwin month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:43 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:37
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:06 to 06:14 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 05:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:54 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:14 – 06:47
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. 04:37 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 05:54 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:14 – 07:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:43 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:06 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:12 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:23 Virgo
- 06:23 – 08:27 Libra
- 08:27 – 10:38 Scorpio
- 10:38 – 12:45 Sagittarius
- 12:45 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:25 Aquarius
- 16:25 – 18:07 Pisces
- 18:07 – 19:58 Aries
- 19:58 – 22:01 Taurus
- 22:01 – 00:12 next day Gemini
- 00:12 – 02:19 next day Cancer
- 02:19 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 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