Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 18 April 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 06:35 Vaishakha month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 07:01 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:57 – 12:46
- Yamaganda 13:53 – 15:26
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:30 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:01 – 07:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:53 – 15:26
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. 04:39 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:57 – 12:46
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:44 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:21 | Bad |
| Char | 12:21 – 13:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:53 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 16:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:53 – 00:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:21 – 01:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:49 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:44 – 06:12 next day | Good |
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
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:23 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:01 Pisces
- 06:01 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:07 Gemini
- 12:07 – 14:14 Cancer
- 14:14 – 16:13 Leo
- 16:13 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 20:14 Libra
- 20:14 – 22:24 Scorpio
- 22:24 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:28 next day Capricorn
- 02:28 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:57 next day Pisces
- 05:57 – 06:12 next day Aries
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