Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 18 March 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 05:45 Phalguna month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:59 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:54 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:30 – 14:00
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:32 to 06:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 08:25
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:21 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 04:01 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 08:25, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 19:43 Karana becomes Naga
- 23:36 Moon enters Pisces
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:30 – 14:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 05:36 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 04:36 – 06:27 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. 04:53 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:54
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:28 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:59 – 12:30 | Good |
| Rog | 12:30 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:00 – 15:31 | Bad |
| Char | 15:31 – 17:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:01 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 20:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:01 – 21:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:31 – 23:00 | Good |
| Char | 23:00 – 00:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:30 – 01:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:59 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:27 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
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:28 NowJupiter
- 10:28 NowMars
- 11:28 NowSun
- 12:28 NowVenus
- 13:28 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:28 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:28 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:28 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMars
- 01:28 NowSun
- 02:28 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:19 Aquarius
- 06:19 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:54 Aries
- 09:54 – 11:58 Taurus
- 11:58 – 14:09 Gemini
- 14:09 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:15 Leo
- 18:15 – 20:12 Virgo
- 20:12 – 22:16 Libra
- 22:16 – 00:26 next day Scorpio
- 00:26 – 02:34 next day Sagittarius
- 02:34 – 04:30 next day Capricorn
- 04:30 – 06:16 next day Aquarius
- 06:16 – 06:27 next day Pisces
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