Vijayawada panchang, 20 January 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 13:18 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 17:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:29 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:07
- 07:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:52 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:56 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:27
- Nakshatra Krittika until 03:09 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 11:05
- Karana Taitila until 07:36, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 08:52 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 19:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:29 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:07
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 03:09 – 06:40 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. 04:58 – 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 17:56 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 03:09 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:09 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:29 | Good |
| Rog | 09:29 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:18 | Bad |
| Char | 12:18 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:56 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:31 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:18 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:10 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:10 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:22 Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 09:52 Aquarius
- 09:52 – 11:29 Pisces
- 11:29 – 13:14 Aries
- 13:14 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:27 Gemini
- 17:27 – 19:39 Cancer
- 19:39 – 21:45 Leo
- 21:45 – 23:49 Virgo
- 23:49 – 01:59 next day Libra
- 01:59 – 04:12 next day Scorpio
- 04:12 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
- 06:18 – 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