Kochi panchang, 18 November 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 13:10 Kartika month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:58 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
- Karana Balava until 18:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:15
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:05 – 11:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
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. 04:42 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:21 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:17 Libra
- 06:17 – 08:28 Scorpio
- 08:28 – 10:36 Sagittarius
- 10:36 – 12:31 Capricorn
- 12:31 – 14:15 Aquarius
- 14:15 – 15:58 Pisces
- 15:58 – 17:48 Aries
- 17:48 – 19:51 Taurus
- 19:51 – 22:02 Gemini
- 22:02 – 00:10 next day Cancer
- 00:10 – 02:10 next day Leo
- 02:10 – 04:09 next day Virgo
- 04:09 – 06:13 next day Libra
- 06:13 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
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