Vijayawada panchang, 3 January 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 23:53 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:35
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:45 to 06:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:48
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:20 next day
- Karana Bava until 19:48, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:46 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:20 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:20 – 08:44 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. 04:54 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:37 – 14:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:37 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:46 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:37 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:22 – 17:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:45 – 19:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:22 – 20:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:58 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:24 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:37 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
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:50 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:58 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:22 Scorpio
- 05:22 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:20 Capricorn
- 09:20 – 10:59 Aquarius
- 10:59 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:21 Aries
- 14:21 – 16:22 Taurus
- 16:22 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:46 Cancer
- 20:46 – 22:52 Leo
- 22:52 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:05 next day Libra
- 03:05 – 05:19 next day Scorpio
- 05:19 – 06:37 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