Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 16 August 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 09:10 Shravana month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 12:26 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam 15:31 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:58 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:04 – 18:37
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:37 to 06:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:26 – 13:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:31 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:58 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:04 – 18:37
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 next day
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. 04:42 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:37 – 20:57
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 06:15 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:15 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:53 – 12:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:26 – 13:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:59 – 15:31 | Good |
| Rog | 15:31 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:04 – 21:31 | Good |
| Char | 21:31 – 22:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:59 – 00:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:26 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:53 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:22 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:26 NowMars
- 13:28 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:28 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:22 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:22 Cancer
- 06:22 – 08:21 Leo
- 08:21 – 10:19 Virgo
- 10:19 – 12:22 Libra
- 12:22 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:40 Sagittarius
- 16:40 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:22 Aquarius
- 20:22 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:57 Aries
- 23:57 – 02:01 next day Taurus
- 02:01 – 04:12 next day Gemini
- 04:12 – 06:15 next day Cancer
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