Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 3 January 2024
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:14 Margashirsha month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:03 – 12:49 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:26 – 13:53
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:14 to 06:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:53
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 04:58 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:03 – 12:49
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:38 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:32 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:26 | Good |
| Rog | 12:26 – 13:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:53 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:53 | Good |
| Char | 22:53 – 00:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:26 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:32 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:23 Scorpio
- 05:23 – 07:31 Sagittarius
- 07:31 – 09:27 Capricorn
- 09:27 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:08 Leo
- 23:08 – 01:05 next day Virgo
- 01:05 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 06:38 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