Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 18 November 2026

Wednesday, 18 November 2026

Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 13:06 Kartika month

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)

Sunrise to sunrise

  • Bad
  • Good
  • A limb changes

Day

06:16 to 17:58
  1. Labh
  2. Amrit
  3. Kaal
  4. Shubh
  5. Rog
  6. Udveg
  7. Char
  8. Labh
  • Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:11
  • Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:07
  • Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:30
  • Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
  • Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:34
  • 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata

Night

17:58 to 06:16 next day
  1. Udveg
  2. Shubh
  3. Amrit
  4. Char
  5. Rog
  6. Kaal
  7. Labh
  8. Udveg
  • Pradosha 17:58 – 20:25
  • Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
  • 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
  • 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada

The five limbs

  • Tithi Shukla Navami until 07:06 next day
  • Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 06:10 next day · lord Rahu
  • Yoga Dhruva until 08:05
  • Karana Balava until 18:42, then Kaulava
  • Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
  • Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
  • 08:05 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
  • 18:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
  • 06:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada

Times to avoid

Good windows

Choghadiya

Day
Labh 06:16 –⁠ 07:44 Good
Amrit 07:44 –⁠ 09:11 Good
Kaal 09:11 –⁠ 10:39 Bad
Shubh 10:39 –⁠ 12:07 Good
Rog 12:07 –⁠ 13:34 Bad
Udveg 13:34 –⁠ 15:02 Bad
Char 15:02 –⁠ 16:30 Neutral
Labh 16:30 –⁠ 17:58 Good
Night
Udveg 17:58 –⁠ 19:30 Bad
Shubh 19:30 –⁠ 21:02 Good
Amrit 21:02 –⁠ 22:35 Good
Char 22:35 –⁠ 00:07 next day Neutral
Rog 00:07 –⁠ 01:39 next day Bad
Kaal 01:39 –⁠ 03:12 next day Bad
Labh 03:12 –⁠ 04:44 next day Good
Udveg 04:44 –⁠ 06:16 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49

  1. 06:16 NowMercury
  2. 07:15 NowMoon
  3. 08:13 NowSaturn
  4. 09:11 NowJupiter
  5. 10:10 NowMars
  6. 11:08 NowSun
  7. 12:07 NowVenus
  8. 13:05 NowMercury
  9. 14:04 NowMoon
  10. 15:02 NowSaturn
  11. 16:01 NowJupiter
  12. 16:59 NowMars
  1. 17:58 NowSun
  2. 18:59 NowVenus
  3. 20:01 NowMercury
  4. 21:02 NowMoon
  5. 22:04 NowSaturn
  6. 23:05 NowJupiter
  7. Next day
  8. 00:07 NowMars
  9. 01:09 NowSun
  10. 02:10 NowVenus
  11. 03:12 NowMercury
  12. 04:13 NowMoon
  13. 05:15 NowSaturn
  1. 06:16 NowMercury
  2. 07:16 NowMoon
  3. 08:16 NowSaturn
  4. 09:16 NowJupiter
  5. 10:16 NowMars
  6. 11:16 NowSun
  7. 12:16 NowVenus
  8. 13:16 NowMercury
  9. 14:16 NowMoon
  10. 15:16 NowSaturn
  11. 16:16 NowJupiter
  12. 17:16 NowMars
  1. 18:16 NowSun
  2. 19:16 NowVenus
  3. 20:16 NowMercury
  4. 21:16 NowMoon
  5. 22:16 NowSaturn
  6. 23:16 NowJupiter
  7. Next day
  8. 00:16 NowMars
  9. 01:16 NowSun
  10. 02:16 NowVenus
  11. 03:16 NowMercury
  12. 04:16 NowMoon
  13. 05:16 NowSaturn

Rising sign (lagna)

  1. 04:38 –⁠ 06:12 Libra
  2. 06:12 –⁠ 08:23 Scorpio
  3. 08:23 –⁠ 10:31 Sagittarius
  4. 10:31 –⁠ 12:27 Capricorn
  5. 12:27 –⁠ 14:12 Aquarius
  6. 14:12 –⁠ 15:56 Pisces
  7. 15:56 –⁠ 17:47 Aries
  8. 17:47 –⁠ 19:51 Taurus
  9. 19:51 –⁠ 22:02 Gemini
  10. 22:02 –⁠ 00:08 next day Cancer
  11. 00:08 –⁠ 02:08 next day Leo
  12. 02:08 –⁠ 04:05 next day Virgo
  13. 04:05 –⁠ 06:09 next day Libra
  14. 06:09 –⁠ 06:16 next day Scorpio

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