Vijayawada panchang, 18 December 2023
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 11:14 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 13:27 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:23
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:37 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 15:14
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:21 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:31
- Karana Taitila until 15:14, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:31 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 02:09 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:23
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. 04:47 – 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 17:37 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 01:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:30 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:17 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Char | 13:27 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:27 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:23 Capricorn
- 10:23 – 12:02 Aquarius
- 12:02 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:24 Aries
- 15:24 – 17:25 Taurus
- 17:25 – 19:37 Gemini
- 19:37 – 21:49 Cancer
- 21:49 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 01:59 next day Virgo
- 01:59 – 04:08 next day Libra
- 04:08 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 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