Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 16 January 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 04:31 Pausha month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:09 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta 09:02 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam 11:04 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Durmuhurta 12:55 – 13:41
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 16:54
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:02 – 09:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:04 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:55 – 13:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 16:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 05:03 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:08 – 12:55
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:09 – 09:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:37 – 11:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:04 – 12:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:31 – 13:59 | Good |
| Rog | 13:59 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:59 – 00:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:32 – 02:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:04 – 03:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:37 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:38 Sagittarius
- 06:38 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 12:03 Pisces
- 12:03 – 13:54 Aries
- 13:54 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:09 Gemini
- 18:09 – 20:15 Cancer
- 20:15 – 22:15 Leo
- 22:15 – 00:12 next day Virgo
- 00:12 – 02:16 next day Libra
- 02:16 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 06:42 next day Capricorn
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