Kochi panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 03:36 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:50 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:48
- Durmuhurta 12:48 – 13:37
- Yamaganda 15:29 – 17:01
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:34 to 06:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:28
- Karana Kaulava until 07:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:50 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:48 – 13:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:29 – 17:01
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. 04:39 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:48
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:12 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:50 – 12:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:23 – 13:56 | Good |
| Rog | 13:56 – 15:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:29 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Char | 17:01 – 18:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:34 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:01 – 21:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:29 – 22:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:56 – 00:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:23 – 01:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:50 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:44 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:43 Taurus
- 09:43 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 18:01 Virgo
- 18:01 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 02:19 next day Capricorn
- 02:19 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 05:45 next day Pisces
- 05:45 – 06:12 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