Vijayawada panchang, 21 December 2023
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 13:12 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:31 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:28 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:25
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
17:38 to 06:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:37
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:09 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 13:27
- Karana Kaulava until 09:37, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:37 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:27 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:09 Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 10:58
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:27 – 00:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:25
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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:13
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 22:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 06:32 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:37 – 06:32 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:09 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:31 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:28 – 14:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:51 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:15 – 17:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:38 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:15 – 20:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:52 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:28 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:55 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:22 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 13:56 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:56 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:14 Scorpio
- 06:14 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:50 Aquarius
- 11:50 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:12 Aries
- 15:12 – 17:13 Taurus
- 17:13 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:37 Cancer
- 21:37 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:10 next day Scorpio
- 06:10 – 06:32 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