Vijayawada panchang, 6 December 2023
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 00:28 Kartika month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:21
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:32 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:04 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:28 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 23:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:53, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:22 Moon enters Virgo
- 13:53 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:29 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 03:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:21
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. 04:40 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:34 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:21 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Char | 14:45 – 16:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:09 – 17:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:32 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:09 – 20:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Char | 22:22 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:34 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:11 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:47 – 06:24 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 04:59 Libra
- 04:59 – 07:13 Scorpio
- 07:13 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:10 Capricorn
- 11:10 – 12:49 Aquarius
- 12:49 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:11 Aries
- 16:11 – 18:12 Taurus
- 18:12 – 20:24 Gemini
- 20:24 – 22:36 Cancer
- 22:36 – 00:42 next day Leo
- 00:42 – 02:46 next day Virgo
- 02:46 – 04:55 next day Libra
- 04:55 – 06:24 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