Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 18 February 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 07:09 Phalguna month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:09 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam 11:07 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:12 – 12:59 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:36 – 14:05
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:31 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:09 – 09:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:07 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:36 – 14:05
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:12 – 12:59
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:09 – 09:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:38 – 11:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:07 – 12:36 | Good |
| Rog | 12:36 – 14:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:05 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Char | 15:33 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:33 – 23:04 | Good |
| Char | 23:04 – 00:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:36 – 02:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:07 – 03:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:38 – 05:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:24 Capricorn
- 06:24 – 08:10 Aquarius
- 08:10 – 09:53 Pisces
- 09:53 – 11:45 Aries
- 11:45 – 13:49 Taurus
- 13:49 – 15:59 Gemini
- 15:59 – 18:06 Cancer
- 18:06 – 20:05 Leo
- 20:05 – 22:02 Virgo
- 22:02 – 00:06 next day Libra
- 00:06 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:24 next day Sagittarius
- 04:24 – 06:20 next day Capricorn
- 06:20 – 06:40 next day Aquarius
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