Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 20 May 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 09:28 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:53 – 12:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:43 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:52
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:33 to 06:03 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:53 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:52
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:03 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:11 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:52 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:52 | Good |
| Char | 22:52 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:08 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:08 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
- 06:03 NowMercury
- 07:03 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 09:03 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:03 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:03 NowMars
- 18:03 NowSun
- 19:03 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:03 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:03 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:01 Gemini
- 10:01 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:07 Leo
- 14:07 – 16:05 Virgo
- 16:05 – 18:08 Libra
- 18:08 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:26 Sagittarius
- 22:26 – 00:22 next day Capricorn
- 00:22 – 02:08 next day Aquarius
- 02:08 – 03:51 next day Pisces
- 03:51 – 05:43 next day Aries
- 05:43 – 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