Kochi panchang, 18 March 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 00:43 Phalguna month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:32 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:03 – 15:33
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:34 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:30
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:43 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:45
- Karana Kaulava until 17:30, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:43 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:53 – 21:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:32 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:33
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 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:57
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:30 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:32 | Good |
| Rog | 09:32 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Char | 12:32 – 14:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:03 – 15:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:33 – 17:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:04 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:33 – 23:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:03 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:32 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:31 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 06:21 Aquarius
- 06:21 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:53 Aries
- 09:53 – 11:57 Taurus
- 11:57 – 14:08 Gemini
- 14:08 – 16:15 Cancer
- 16:15 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:14 Virgo
- 20:14 – 22:19 Libra
- 22:19 – 00:29 next day Scorpio
- 00:29 – 02:37 next day Sagittarius
- 02:37 – 04:32 next day Capricorn
- 04:32 – 06:17 next day Aquarius
- 06:17 – 06:30 next day Pisces
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