Vijayawada panchang, 27 December 2023
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 18:01 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:31
Night
17:41 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 02:40 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:31
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. 04:51 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:18 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:18 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 05:50 Scorpio
- 05:50 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 13:03 Pisces
- 13:03 – 14:49 Aries
- 14:49 – 16:50 Taurus
- 16:50 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 01:24 next day Virgo
- 01:24 – 03:33 next day Libra
- 03:33 – 05:46 next day Scorpio
- 05:46 – 06:35 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