Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 18 August 2026

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 10:47 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
  1. Rog
  2. Udveg
  3. Char
  4. Labh
  5. Amrit
  6. Kaal
  7. Shubh
  8. Rog
  • Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:33
  • Yamaganda 09:20 – 10:53
  • Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:50
  • Gulika Kalam 12:26 – 13:58
  • Rahu Kalam 15:31 – 17:03
  • 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
  • 17:51 Karana becomes Gara

Night

18:36 to 06:15 next day
  1. Kaal
  2. Labh
  3. Udveg
  4. Shubh
  5. Amrit
  6. Char
  7. Rog
  8. Kaal
  • Pradosha 18:36 – 20:56
  • Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma

The five limbs

  • Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 17:51
  • Nakshatra Swati until 06:47 next day · lord Rahu
  • Yoga Shukla until 03:23 next day
  • Karana Taitila until 17:51, then Gara
  • Vara Tuesday lord Mars
  • Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
  • 17:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
  • 17:51 Karana becomes Gara
  • 03:23 next day Yoga becomes Brahma

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Rog 06:15 –⁠ 07:48 Bad
Udveg 07:48 –⁠ 09:20 Bad
Char 09:20 –⁠ 10:53 Neutral
Labh 10:53 –⁠ 12:26 Good
Amrit 12:26 –⁠ 13:58 Good
Kaal 13:58 –⁠ 15:31 Bad
Shubh 15:31 –⁠ 17:03 Good
Rog 17:03 –⁠ 18:36 Bad
Night
Kaal 18:36 –⁠ 20:03 Bad
Labh 20:03 –⁠ 21:31 Good
Udveg 21:31 –⁠ 22:58 Bad
Shubh 22:58 –⁠ 00:26 next day Good
Amrit 00:26 –⁠ 01:53 next day Good
Char 01:53 –⁠ 03:20 next day Neutral
Rog 03:20 –⁠ 04:48 next day Bad
Kaal 04:48 –⁠ 06:15 next day Bad

Hora

Hora system

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

  1. 06:15 NowMars
  2. 07:17 NowSun
  3. 08:19 NowVenus
  4. 09:20 NowMercury
  5. 10:22 NowMoon
  6. 11:24 NowSaturn
  7. 12:26 NowJupiter
  8. 13:27 NowMars
  9. 14:29 NowSun
  10. 15:31 NowVenus
  11. 16:33 NowMercury
  12. 17:34 NowMoon
  1. 18:36 NowSaturn
  2. 19:34 NowJupiter
  3. 20:33 NowMars
  4. 21:31 NowSun
  5. 22:29 NowVenus
  6. 23:27 NowMercury
  7. Next day
  8. 00:26 NowMoon
  9. 01:24 NowSaturn
  10. 02:22 NowJupiter
  11. 03:20 NowMars
  12. 04:19 NowSun
  13. 05:17 NowVenus
  1. 06:15 NowMars
  2. 07:15 NowSun
  3. 08:15 NowVenus
  4. 09:15 NowMercury
  5. 10:15 NowMoon
  6. 11:15 NowSaturn
  7. 12:15 NowJupiter
  8. 13:15 NowMars
  9. 14:15 NowSun
  10. 15:15 NowVenus
  11. 16:15 NowMercury
  12. 17:15 NowMoon
  13. 18:15 NowSaturn
  1. 19:15 NowJupiter
  2. 20:15 NowMars
  3. 21:15 NowSun
  4. 22:15 NowVenus
  5. 23:15 NowMercury
  6. Next day
  7. 00:15 NowMoon
  8. 01:15 NowSaturn
  9. 02:15 NowJupiter
  10. 03:15 NowMars
  11. 04:15 NowSun
  12. 05:15 NowVenus

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 04:42 –⁠ 06:14 Cancer
  2. 06:14 –⁠ 08:13 Leo
  3. 08:13 –⁠ 10:11 Virgo
  4. 10:11 –⁠ 12:14 Libra
  5. 12:14 –⁠ 14:24 Scorpio
  6. 14:24 –⁠ 16:32 Sagittarius
  7. 16:32 –⁠ 18:28 Capricorn
  8. 18:28 –⁠ 20:14 Aquarius
  9. 20:14 –⁠ 21:58 Pisces
  10. 21:58 –⁠ 23:49 Aries
  11. 23:49 –⁠ 01:53 next day Taurus
  12. 01:53 –⁠ 04:04 next day Gemini
  13. 04:04 –⁠ 06:10 next day Cancer
  14. 06:10 –⁠ 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