Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 16 May 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 05:13 Vaishakha month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 18:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:04 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:43
- Yamaganda 13:52 – 15:25
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:33 to 06:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:04 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:25
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. 04:31 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:43
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:04 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:52 – 15:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:25 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:33 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:25 – 22:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:52 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:03 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
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:04 NowSaturn
- 07:04 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:04 NowVenus
- 18:04 NowMercury
- 19:04 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:04 NowSaturn
- 04:04 NowJupiter
- 05:04 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:02 Aries
- 06:02 – 08:06 Taurus
- 08:06 – 10:17 Gemini
- 10:17 – 12:24 Cancer
- 12:24 – 14:23 Leo
- 14:23 – 16:20 Virgo
- 16:20 – 18:24 Libra
- 18:24 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:42 Sagittarius
- 22:42 – 00:38 next day Capricorn
- 00:38 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:59 next day Aries
- 05:59 – 06:03 next day Taurus
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