Kochi panchang, 20 September 2028
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 07:29 Ashwin month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:54 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:48
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:21 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 16:19
- Nakshatra Hasta until 09:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 19:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:19, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:18 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 16:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Indra
- 19:55 Moon enters Libra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:54 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:48
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. 04:40 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 09:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 16:19
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:15 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:47 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:15 NowMercury
- 07:15 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:15 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:04 Leo
- 06:04 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:07 Libra
- 10:07 – 12:18 Scorpio
- 12:18 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:21 Capricorn
- 16:21 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:48 Pisces
- 19:48 – 21:38 Aries
- 21:38 – 23:42 Taurus
- 23:42 – 01:52 next day Gemini
- 01:52 – 04:00 next day Cancer
- 04:00 – 06:00 next day Leo
- 06:00 – 06:15 next day Virgo
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