Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 21 January 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 08:31 Magha month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:10 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:05 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 12:56 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:33 – 14:01
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:23 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:04 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
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) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:10 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:05 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:33 – 14:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:43 – 13:58
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. 05:04 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 12:56
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:10 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:05 – 12:33 | Good |
| Rog | 12:33 – 14:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:01 – 15:28 | Bad |
| Char | 15:28 – 16:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:56 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:28 – 23:01 | Good |
| Char | 23:01 – 00:33 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:33 – 02:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:05 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:04 – 06:18 Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:43 Pisces
- 11:43 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:39 Taurus
- 15:39 – 17:49 Gemini
- 17:49 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 01:56 next day Libra
- 01:56 – 04:06 next day Scorpio
- 04:06 – 06:14 next day Sagittarius
- 06:14 – 06:43 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