Kochi panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 09:55 Pausha month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 18:08- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 11:59 – 12:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:59 – 12:45 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:22 – 13:49
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:08 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:56 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:59 – 12:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:22 – 13:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:37 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. 04:57 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:59 – 12:45
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:56 – 12:22 | Good |
| Rog | 12:22 – 13:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:49 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:08 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:49 | Good |
| Char | 22:49 – 00:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:22 – 01:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:56 – 03:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:30 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:08 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:40 Aries
- 15:40 – 17:44 Taurus
- 17:44 – 19:55 Gemini
- 19:55 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:02 next day Leo
- 00:02 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 06:37 next day Sagittarius
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