Kochi panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 12:22 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:28 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:48
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:06 to 06:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 08:01
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:47 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:48
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. 04:55 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:28 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Char | 10:54 – 12:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:20 – 13:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:47 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:47 – 00:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:21 – 01:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:54 – 03:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:28 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:36 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:34 Scorpio
- 06:34 – 08:42 Sagittarius
- 08:42 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:21 Aquarius
- 12:21 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 15:54 Aries
- 15:54 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:08 Gemini
- 20:08 – 22:16 Cancer
- 22:16 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:15 next day Virgo
- 02:15 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:30 next day Scorpio
- 06:30 – 06:36 next day Sagittarius
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