Kochi panchang, 16 April 2028
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 00:16 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:34- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 12:24 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam 15:29 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 17:02 – 18:34
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:34 to 06:14 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 05:41 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:10, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 16:14 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:41 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:24 – 13:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:02 – 18:34
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. 04:41 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 09:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:39 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:52 – 12:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:24 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:57 – 15:29 | Good |
| Rog | 15:29 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:34 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:02 – 21:29 | Good |
| Char | 21:29 – 22:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:57 – 00:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:24 – 01:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:51 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 04:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:46 – 06:14 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
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:23 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:26 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:26 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:22 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:59 Aries
- 07:59 – 10:03 Taurus
- 10:03 – 12:14 Gemini
- 12:14 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:21 Leo
- 16:21 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:43 next day Sagittarius
- 00:43 – 02:38 next day Capricorn
- 02:38 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 06:05 next day Pisces
- 06:05 – 06:14 next day Aries
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