Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 20 December 2023
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 12:49 Margashirsha month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 18:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:52 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:42 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:19 – 13:46
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:07 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 11:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:56
- Karana Bava until 11:14, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 11:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:56 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:24 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:37 – 15:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:19 – 13:46
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:57 – 06:32 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. 04:52 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:42
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:57 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:52 – 12:19 | Good |
| Rog | 12:19 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:46 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:07 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:46 | Good |
| Char | 22:46 – 00:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:19 – 01:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:52 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:07 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:18 Scorpio
- 06:18 – 08:26 Sagittarius
- 08:26 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:42 Aries
- 15:42 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:04 Cancer
- 22:04 – 00:03 next day Leo
- 00:03 – 02:00 next day Virgo
- 02:00 – 04:04 next day Libra
- 04:04 – 06:14 next day Scorpio
- 06:14 – 06:32 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