Kochi panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 18:32 Magha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:13 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam 11:10 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:15 – 13:02 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:39 – 14:07
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:32 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:59
- Brahma Muhurta 05:07 – 05:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:26 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:13 – 09:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:10 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:39 – 14:07
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. 05:07 – 05:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:15 – 13:02
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:59
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:45 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:13 – 09:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:42 – 11:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:10 – 12:39 | Good |
| Rog | 12:39 – 14:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:07 – 15:35 | Bad |
| Char | 15:35 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:35 – 23:07 | Good |
| Char | 23:07 – 00:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:38 – 02:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:10 – 03:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:42 – 05:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:07 – 06:38 Capricorn
- 06:38 – 08:22 Aquarius
- 08:22 – 10:05 Pisces
- 10:05 – 11:55 Aries
- 11:55 – 13:59 Taurus
- 13:59 – 16:10 Gemini
- 16:10 – 18:17 Cancer
- 18:17 – 20:17 Leo
- 20:17 – 22:16 Virgo
- 22:16 – 00:21 next day Libra
- 00:21 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:39 next day Sagittarius
- 04:39 – 06:34 next day Capricorn
- 06:34 – 06:45 next day Aquarius
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