Vijayawada panchang, 17 December 2023
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 10:29 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta 16:07 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:13 – 17:36
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:36 to 06:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 00:35 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:46, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:07 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:13 – 17:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:35 – 01:47 next day
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. 04:46 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:54 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:39 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:13 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:13 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 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
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:20 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:54 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:54 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:29 Scorpio
- 06:29 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:27 Capricorn
- 10:27 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:28 Aries
- 15:28 – 17:29 Taurus
- 17:29 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 23:58 Leo
- 23:58 – 02:03 next day Virgo
- 02:03 – 04:12 next day Libra
- 04:12 – 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