Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 21 August 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 13:19 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:48 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:00 – 12:50
- Durmuhurta 12:50 – 13:39
- Yamaganda 15:30 – 17:02
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:35 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:50 – 13:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:30 – 17:02
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 06:15 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:15 – 07:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:48 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:25 – 13:57 | Good |
| Rog | 13:57 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:30 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:30 – 22:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:57 – 00:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:25 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:52 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 04:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:48 – 06:15 next day | Bad |
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 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 06:02 Cancer
- 06:02 – 08:01 Leo
- 08:01 – 09:59 Virgo
- 09:59 – 12:02 Libra
- 12:02 – 14:13 Scorpio
- 14:13 – 16:20 Sagittarius
- 16:20 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 20:02 Aquarius
- 20:02 – 21:46 Pisces
- 21:46 – 23:37 Aries
- 23:37 – 01:41 next day Taurus
- 01:41 – 03:52 next day Gemini
- 03:52 – 05:58 next day Cancer
- 05:58 – 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