Kochi panchang, 20 March 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 02:22 Phalguna month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:31
- Yamaganda 11:01 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:56
- Durmuhurta 12:56 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 14:03 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:21 – 16:09
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:34 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 21:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:04 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Vanija until 08:24, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 21:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:08 – 10:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:01 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:56 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:03 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:21 – 16:09
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 22:19
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:19 – 06:29 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. 04:54 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:04 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:31 – 11:01 | Good |
| Rog | 11:01 – 12:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:32 – 14:03 | Bad |
| Char | 14:03 – 15:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:33 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:33 – 23:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:02 – 00:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:32 – 02:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:01 – 03:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:30 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:29 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:13 Aquarius
- 06:13 – 07:55 Pisces
- 07:55 – 09:45 Aries
- 09:45 – 11:49 Taurus
- 11:49 – 14:00 Gemini
- 14:00 – 16:07 Cancer
- 16:07 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 20:06 Virgo
- 20:06 – 22:11 Libra
- 22:11 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:29 next day Sagittarius
- 02:29 – 04:24 next day Capricorn
- 04:24 – 06:09 next day Aquarius
- 06:09 – 06:29 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