Kochi — Monday, 21 December 2026
Kochi. Sunrise 6:36 am, sunset 6:09 pm — the day runs to sunrise at 6:36 am tomorrow.
Today
Pradosham
The trayodashi covers the window after sunset tonight. the rule
The five limbs
Tithi · Shukla Dwadashi
until 5:36 pm
Nakshatra · Bharani
until 1:09 pm
Yoga · Siddha
until 1:32 am tomorrow
Karana · Bava
until 7:00 am
Windows
Rahu kalam
8:02 am – 9:29 am
Avoid beginning something new. Work already under way is not affected.
Yamagandam
10:56 am – 12:22 pm
Not taken for starting a journey or a new undertaking.
Gulikai
1:49 pm – 3:16 pm
Generally avoided for beginnings; some households treat it as unrestricted.
About this day
Daylight runs 11 hours 33 minutes — 27 minutes shorter than an even twelve, so every window below is stretched narrower than at the equinox.
The yoga runs past midnight and ends after tomorrow's sunrise, so it names two civil days.
The first change today is the karana, at 7:00 am.
Rahu kalam takes the second of the eight parts of daylight on a Monday, which puts it at 8:02 am here.
Rahu kalam, yamagandam and gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha, at Bengaluru's own horizon. The day runs sunrise to sunrise, so the limb named here is the one running at sunrise. Windows are eighths of the daylight.