Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 16 September 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 10:18 Bhadrapada month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 11:52 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:17 – 13:48
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:21 to 06:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:52 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
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. 04:38 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 06:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 06:13 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:15 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:17 | Good |
| Rog | 12:17 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:17 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:15 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:13 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:15 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:15 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 08:17 Virgo
- 08:17 – 10:20 Libra
- 10:20 – 12:30 Scorpio
- 12:30 – 14:38 Sagittarius
- 14:38 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:20 Aquarius
- 18:20 – 20:04 Pisces
- 20:04 – 21:55 Aries
- 21:55 – 23:59 Taurus
- 23:59 – 02:10 next day Gemini
- 02:10 – 04:16 next day Cancer
- 04:16 – 06:13 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