Kochi panchang, 16 November 2026
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 11:51 Kartika month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:58- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:39
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:58 to 06:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:20 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 02:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 07:16
- Karana Gara until 15:14, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:14 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:30 – 17:17 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:34 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 11:26 – 13:42
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. 04:41 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 02:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:20 – 02:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:20 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:04 – 16:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:31 – 17:58 | Good |
| Char | 17:58 – 19:31 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:09 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:21 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:02 NowMars
- 17:00 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 19:00 NowMercury
- 20:02 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:25 Libra
- 06:25 – 08:36 Scorpio
- 08:36 – 10:43 Sagittarius
- 10:43 – 12:39 Capricorn
- 12:39 – 14:23 Aquarius
- 14:23 – 16:06 Pisces
- 16:06 – 17:56 Aries
- 17:56 – 19:59 Taurus
- 19:59 – 22:10 Gemini
- 22:10 – 00:18 next day Cancer
- 00:18 – 02:18 next day Leo
- 02:18 – 04:17 next day Virgo
- 04:17 – 06:21 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