Thiruvananthapuram panchang, 17 December 2026
Today in Thiruvananthapuram, live
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 12:19 Margashirsha month
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · 8.49°, 76.95° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 18:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:24 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta 10:22 – 11:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:47
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:06 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:22 – 11:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:47
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. 04:50 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:24 – 10:51 | Bad |
| Char | 10:51 – 12:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:18 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:12 – 16:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:39 – 18:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:06 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:39 – 21:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:12 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:18 – 01:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:51 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:24 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:22 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:12 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:22 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:18 Aquarius
- 12:18 – 14:02 Pisces
- 14:02 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:57 Taurus
- 17:57 – 20:08 Gemini
- 20:08 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
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