Kochi panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 14:36 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 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:38
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:04 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:38
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:14 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:03 Virgo
- 06:03 – 08:07 Libra
- 08:07 – 10:18 Scorpio
- 10:18 – 12:26 Sagittarius
- 12:26 – 14:21 Capricorn
- 14:21 – 16:05 Aquarius
- 16:05 – 17:48 Pisces
- 17:48 – 19:38 Aries
- 19:38 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 23:53 Gemini
- 23:53 – 02:00 next day Cancer
- 02:00 – 04:00 next day Leo
- 04:00 – 05:59 next day Virgo
- 05:59 – 06:14 next day Libra
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