Vijayawada panchang, 15 December 2023
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 08:44 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:12
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:35 to 06:29 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 22:30
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:10 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:16
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:10 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:44 Moon enters Capricorn
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:24 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:12
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. 04:45 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:10 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:15 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:35 – 19:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:12 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 12:57 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 06:37 Scorpio
- 06:37 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:35 Capricorn
- 10:35 – 12:14 Aquarius
- 12:14 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:36 Aries
- 15:36 – 17:37 Taurus
- 17:37 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:11 next day Virgo
- 02:11 – 04:20 next day Libra
- 04:20 – 06:29 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