Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 20 August 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 12:28 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 18:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta 10:22 – 11:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam 13:58 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta 15:18 – 16:07
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:35 to 06:15 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:22 – 11:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:58 – 15:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:18 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:00 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:48 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Char | 10:53 – 12:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:25 – 13:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:58 – 15:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:30 – 17:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:03 – 18:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:35 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:03 – 21:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:30 – 22:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:58 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:25 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:53 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 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 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:06 Cancer
- 06:06 – 08:05 Leo
- 08:05 – 10:03 Virgo
- 10:03 – 12:06 Libra
- 12:06 – 14:16 Scorpio
- 14:16 – 16:24 Sagittarius
- 16:24 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 21:50 Pisces
- 21:50 – 23:41 Aries
- 23:41 – 01:45 next day Taurus
- 01:45 – 03:56 next day Gemini
- 03:56 – 06:02 next day Cancer
- 06:02 – 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