Kochi panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 08:48 Bhadrapada month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:02 – 12:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:02 – 12:52 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:27 – 14:00
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:37 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:02 – 12:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:27 – 14:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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. 04:43 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:02 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:17 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:17 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:17 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:27 | Good |
| Rog | 12:27 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:32 | Bad |
| Char | 15:32 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:32 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:27 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 06:17 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
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 07:54 Leo
- 07:54 – 09:53 Virgo
- 09:53 – 11:57 Libra
- 11:57 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:16 Sagittarius
- 16:16 – 18:11 Capricorn
- 18:11 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 21:38 Pisces
- 21:38 – 23:28 Aries
- 23:28 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:43 next day Gemini
- 03:43 – 05:50 next day Cancer
- 05:50 – 06:17 next day Leo
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