Vijayawada panchang, 13 December 2023
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 06:41 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:37 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:24
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:35 to 06:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:09 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 16:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:09, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:05 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:24
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:17 – 18:41
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. 04:44 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:09
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:09 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:27 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:37 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:52 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:52 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:27 NowMars
- 11:27 NowSun
- 12:27 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:27 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:27 NowSaturn
- 23:27 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMars
- 01:27 NowSun
- 02:27 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:45 Scorpio
- 06:45 – 08:52 Sagittarius
- 08:52 – 10:43 Capricorn
- 10:43 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:58 Pisces
- 13:58 – 15:44 Aries
- 15:44 – 17:45 Taurus
- 17:45 – 19:57 Gemini
- 19:57 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:14 next day Leo
- 00:14 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:28 next day Libra
- 04:28 – 06:28 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