Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 18 May 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 07:14 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:37 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:43
- Durmuhurta 12:43 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 13:52 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:03
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:33 to 06:03 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:43 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:03
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 – 05:17
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 06:03 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:03 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:37 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:18 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Char | 13:52 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:33 | Good |
| Char | 18:33 – 19:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:59 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:52 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:18 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:37 – 06:03 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:06 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:13 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:06 NowJupiter
- 06:03 NowMoon
- 07:03 NowSaturn
- 08:03 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:03 NowMars
- 17:03 NowSun
- 18:03 NowVenus
- 19:03 NowMercury
- 20:03 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:03 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:03 NowMoon
- 04:03 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:55 Aries
- 05:55 – 07:59 Taurus
- 07:59 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 16:13 Virgo
- 16:13 – 18:16 Libra
- 18:16 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:30 next day Capricorn
- 00:30 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 03:59 next day Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:51 next day Aries
- 05:51 – 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