Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 21 May 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 10:31 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 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:03 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 09:11 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:13 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:43
- Rahu Kalam 13:52 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:03
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
18:34 to 06:03 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:27
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:49 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 10:58
- Karana Balava until 08:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 19:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:13 – 11:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:52 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:03
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 21:43 – 23:40
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 18:34 – 20:51
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:03 – 02:49 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 02:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 02:49 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:03 – 08:27
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:03 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:11 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:52 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:00 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:52 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:11 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:43 Aries
- 05:43 – 07:47 Taurus
- 07:47 – 09:58 Gemini
- 09:58 – 12:04 Cancer
- 12:04 – 14:03 Leo
- 14:03 – 16:01 Virgo
- 16:01 – 18:04 Libra
- 18:04 – 20:14 Scorpio
- 20:14 – 22:22 Sagittarius
- 22:22 – 00:18 next day Capricorn
- 00:18 – 02:04 next day Aquarius
- 02:04 – 03:48 next day Pisces
- 03:48 – 05:39 next day Aries
- 05:39 – 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