Kochi panchang, 9 December 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 06:37 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:03- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:50 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:40 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:43
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:03 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 08:46 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 21:00 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:39
- Karana Kimstughna until 19:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:39 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:00 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 21:00 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:39 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:43
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. 04:51 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:50 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:36 – 18:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:03 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:36 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:51 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 04:55 Libra
- 04:55 – 07:05 Scorpio
- 07:05 – 09:13 Sagittarius
- 09:13 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:53 Aquarius
- 12:53 – 14:35 Pisces
- 14:35 – 16:25 Aries
- 16:25 – 18:29 Taurus
- 18:29 – 20:40 Gemini
- 20:40 – 22:47 Cancer
- 22:47 – 00:48 next day Leo
- 00:48 – 02:46 next day Virgo
- 02:46 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 06:31 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