Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 17 August 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 09:59 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 18:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:53 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:51
- Durmuhurta 12:51 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam 13:58 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta 15:19 – 16:08
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:36 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:51 – 13:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:19 – 16:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:15 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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 18:36 – 20:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:53 | Good |
| Rog | 10:53 – 12:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:26 – 13:58 | Bad |
| Char | 13:58 – 15:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:31 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:31 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:58 – 00:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:26 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:53 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:15 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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:18 Cancer
- 06:18 – 08:17 Leo
- 08:17 – 10:15 Virgo
- 10:15 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:28 Scorpio
- 14:28 – 16:36 Sagittarius
- 16:36 – 18:32 Capricorn
- 18:32 – 20:18 Aquarius
- 20:18 – 22:02 Pisces
- 22:02 – 23:53 Aries
- 23:53 – 01:57 next day Taurus
- 01:57 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 06:14 next day Cancer
- 06:14 – 06:15 next day Leo
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