Kochi panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 16:23 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:56 – 09:42
- Yamaganda 09:30 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:46
- Gulika Kalam 12:23 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:42
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:08 to 06:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:24
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:45 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:32
- Karana Taitila until 14:24, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:56 – 09:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:30 – 10:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:23 – 13:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:42
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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 10:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 14:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:45 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:38 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:04 – 09:30 | Bad |
| Char | 09:30 – 10:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:57 – 12:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:23 – 13:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:49 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:08 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:49 – 00:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:23 – 01:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:57 – 03:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:31 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:04 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:23 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:08 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:21 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:34 Aries
- 15:34 – 17:38 Taurus
- 17:38 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:00 next day Libra
- 04:00 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 06:38 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