Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 18 October 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 12:23 Ashwin month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:04- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:07 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:04
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:04 to 06:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:16
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:04
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:33 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 18:04 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:10 – 07:39 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:39 – 09:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:09 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 12:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:07 – 13:36 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:34 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:04 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:39 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:10 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:05 NowMoon
- 17:04 NowSaturn
- 18:04 NowJupiter
- 19:04 NowMars
- 20:05 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowSun
- 07:10 NowVenus
- 08:10 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:10 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:10 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:10 NowVenus
- 05:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:11 Virgo
- 06:11 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:25 Scorpio
- 10:25 – 12:32 Sagittarius
- 12:32 – 14:29 Capricorn
- 14:29 – 16:14 Aquarius
- 16:14 – 17:58 Pisces
- 17:58 – 19:49 Aries
- 19:49 – 21:53 Taurus
- 21:53 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 02:10 next day Cancer
- 02:10 – 04:09 next day Leo
- 04:09 – 06:07 next day Virgo
- 06:07 – 06:10 next day Libra
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