Kochi panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 09:05 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:04- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:32 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 06:32 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:41
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:11
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:04 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:32 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:32 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:11
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:52 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:32 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:52 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:37 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:04 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:37 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:52 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:33 next day | Good |
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
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:23 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:06 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:23 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:41 Aquarius
- 12:41 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 16:14 Aries
- 16:14 – 18:17 Taurus
- 18:17 – 20:28 Gemini
- 20:28 – 22:35 Cancer
- 22:35 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:39 next day Libra
- 04:39 – 06:33 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