Vijayawada panchang, 28 December 2023
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 18:57 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:21 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:28
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:42 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 01:04 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 02:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:46, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:23 – 02:28 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. 04:52 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 01:04 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 01:04 – 06:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:04 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:21 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:08 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:18 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:18 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:22 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:04 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:22 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 05:46 Scorpio
- 05:46 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:44 Capricorn
- 09:44 – 11:23 Aquarius
- 11:23 – 12:59 Pisces
- 12:59 – 14:45 Aries
- 14:45 – 16:46 Taurus
- 16:46 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:09 Cancer
- 21:09 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:20 next day Virgo
- 01:20 – 03:29 next day Libra
- 03:29 – 05:42 next day Scorpio
- 05:42 – 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