Friday, 18 December 2026 · Shukla Navami · Times in IST
| Yoga | Starts | Ends | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vyatipata വ്യതിപാതം |
01:21 PM, 17 Dec | 12:19 PM | Inauspicious |
| Variyan വരിയാൻ |
12:19 PM | 10:35 AM, 19 Dec | Auspicious |
Sunrise in Thiruvananthapuram: 06:33 AM. Yoga changes at the same moment across India.
Also check Nakshatra, Karana, Rahu Kalam and the Malayalam Panchangam.
| Date | Yoga at Sunrise | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec, Fri | Vyatipata | Vyatipata till 12:19 PM Variyan till 10:35 AM, 19 Dec |
| 19 Dec, Sat | Variyan | Variyan till 10:35 AM Parigha till 08:10 AM, 20 Dec |
| 20 Dec, Sun | Parigha | Parigha till 08:10 AM Shiva till 05:07 AM, 21 Dec Siddha till 01:32 AM, 22 Dec |
| 21 Dec, Mon | Siddha | Siddha till 01:32 AM, 22 Dec Sadhya till 09:32 PM, 22 Dec |
| 22 Dec, Tue | Sadhya | Sadhya till 09:32 PM Shubha till 05:15 PM, 23 Dec |
| 23 Dec, Wed | Shubha | Shubha till 05:15 PM Shukla till 12:51 PM, 24 Dec |
| 24 Dec, Thu | Shukla | Shukla till 12:51 PM Brahma till 08:28 AM, 25 Dec |
| # | Yoga | Malayalam | Nature | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vishkambha | വിഷ്കംഭം | Inauspicious | Obstacle. Work started now tends to meet hurdles. |
| 2 | Priti | പ്രീതി | Auspicious | Affection. Good for making up, meeting people and relationships. |
| 3 | Ayushman | ആയുഷ്മാൻ | Auspicious | Long life. Good for health matters and anything meant to last. |
| 4 | Saubhagya | സൗഭാഗ്യം | Auspicious | Good fortune. Marriage talks, celebrations and family events. |
| 5 | Shobhana | ശോഭനം | Auspicious | Splendour. Ceremonies, travel and decorating the home. |
| 6 | Atiganda | അതിഗണ്ഡം | Inauspicious | Great danger. Avoid important beginnings. |
| 7 | Sukarma | സുകർമം | Auspicious | Good deeds. Religious work, charity, joining a new job. |
| 8 | Dhriti | ധൃതി | Auspicious | Steadiness. Laying foundations and long-term plans. |
| 9 | Shula | ശൂലം | Inauspicious | Spike. Linked with pain and quarrels. Avoid new work. |
| 10 | Ganda | ഗണ്ഡം | Inauspicious | Danger. Avoid important beginnings. |
| 11 | Vriddhi | വൃദ്ധി | Auspicious | Growth. Business, investments and expansion. |
| 12 | Dhruva | ധ്രുവം | Auspicious | Fixed. Buying land or a house, planting, permanent things. |
| 13 | Vyaghata | വ്യാഘാതം | Inauspicious | Strike. Linked with setbacks. Avoid new work. |
| 14 | Harshana | ഹർഷണം | Auspicious | Joy. Celebrations and happy occasions. |
| 15 | Vajra | വജ്രം | Inauspicious | Thunderbolt. Avoid important beginnings. |
| 16 | Siddhi | സിദ്ധി | Auspicious | Accomplishment. Learning, mantra practice and new ventures. |
| 17 | Vyatipata | വ്യതിപാതം | Inauspicious | Calamity. Avoided for all auspicious work; good for prayer and charity. |
| 18 | Variyan | വരിയാൻ | Auspicious | Comfort. Household matters and family work. |
| 19 | Parigha | പരിഘം | Inauspicious | Obstruction. Avoid new beginnings. |
| 20 | Shiva | ശിവം | Auspicious | Auspicious. Worship, study and spiritual work. |
| 21 | Siddha | സിദ്ധം | Auspicious | Success. Good for most auspicious work. |
| 22 | Sadhya | സാധ്യം | Auspicious | Achievable. Learning a skill, practice and training. |
| 23 | Shubha | ശുഭം | Auspicious | Auspicious. Good for all good work. |
| 24 | Shukla | ശുക്ലം | Auspicious | Bright. Clear decisions and spiritual practice. |
| 25 | Brahma | ബ്രഹ്മം | Auspicious | Knowledge. Study, teaching and writing. |
| 26 | Indra | ഐന്ദ്രം | Auspicious | Power. Leadership, government work and meeting officials. |
| 27 | Vaidhriti | വൈധൃതി | Inauspicious | Division. Avoided for all auspicious work. |
Forget the mat. In the Panchangam, yoga is a number. You add the Sun's longitude to the Moon's and divide the circle into 27 parts.
Each part is 13°20' wide, the same size as a nakshatra. The yoga you're in tells you the "mood" of that stretch of time.
It's called Nitya Yoga to keep it apart from the special yogas in a birth chart, like Gajakesari or Raja Yoga.
Most people don't pick a date by yoga alone. They check it last, after the nakshatra and tithi look good.
If the yoga is Vyatipata or Vaidhriti, the date usually gets dropped. The other bad yogas are often tolerated if everything else is strong.
Want a ready list of good days? The Malayalam Panchangam marks muhurtham dates for weddings, housewarming and more.
On Friday, 18 December 2026, the yoga at sunrise is Vyatipata (വ്യതിപാതം), running until 12:19 PM. It is considered inauspicious.
Here yoga does not mean the exercise. It is one of the five limbs of the Panchangam, worked out from the combined longitude of the Sun and the Moon. Every 13 degrees 20 minutes of that total is one yoga, so there are 27 of them.
Vishkambha, Atiganda, Shula, Ganda, Vyaghata, Vajra, Vyatipata, Parigha and Vaidhriti are treated as inauspicious. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are the two that almost every tradition avoids completely for weddings and housewarmings.
Yes. A yoga changes at the same moment everywhere, so these IST timings work across India. Only the sunrise differs, which can decide the yoga "of the day".
Usually about a day, anywhere from roughly 20 to 26 hours depending on how fast the Moon is moving. Some days see two or even three yogas.
Yoga depends on the Sun and Moon together, so a tiny difference in ayanamsa is counted twice. We use standard Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa and calculate to the second.