Kochi panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 18:37 Margashirsha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 18:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:31 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta 10:29 – 11:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:47
- Rahu Kalam 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:51
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:09 to 06:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:31 – 10:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:29 – 11:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:51
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:39 – 01:47 next day
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. 04:59 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:47
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:39 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:39 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:39 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:31 – 10:58 | Bad |
| Char | 10:58 – 12:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:24 – 13:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:50 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:09 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:50 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:24 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:58 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:32 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:22 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:06 Scorpio
- 06:06 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 03:52 next day Libra
- 03:52 – 06:02 next day Scorpio
- 06:02 – 06:39 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