Vijayawada panchang, 18 January 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 11:52 Pausha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:54- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:29 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta 10:25 – 11:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Rahu Kalam 13:41 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:39
- 09:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
17:54 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 20:45
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:58 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 14:47
- Karana Vishti until 09:22, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:47 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 20:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:07 – 03:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:25 – 11:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:39
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. 04:58 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:55 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:27
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 02:58 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:58 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:29 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Char | 10:53 – 12:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:17 – 13:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:41 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:30 – 17:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:54 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:30 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:17 – 01:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:53 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:29 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:21 Capricorn
- 08:21 – 10:00 Aquarius
- 10:00 – 11:37 Pisces
- 11:37 – 13:22 Aries
- 13:22 – 15:23 Taurus
- 15:23 – 17:35 Gemini
- 17:35 – 19:47 Cancer
- 19:47 – 21:53 Leo
- 21:53 – 23:57 Virgo
- 23:57 – 02:06 next day Libra
- 02:06 – 04:20 next day Scorpio
- 04:20 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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