Vijayawada panchang, 20 March 2024
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 14:27 Phalguna month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 11:50 – 12:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:39 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:14 – 13:45
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:17 to 06:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 22:38 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 17:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:19, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:50 – 12:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:14 – 13:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:19 – 02:23 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. 04:37 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:12 – 22:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:23 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:12 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:43 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:14 | Good |
| Rog | 12:14 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:42 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
- 06:12 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:12 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:12 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:12 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:56 Aquarius
- 05:56 – 07:33 Pisces
- 07:33 – 09:18 Aries
- 09:18 – 11:19 Taurus
- 11:19 – 13:31 Gemini
- 13:31 – 15:43 Cancer
- 15:43 – 17:49 Leo
- 17:49 – 19:53 Virgo
- 19:53 – 22:03 Libra
- 22:03 – 00:16 next day Scorpio
- 00:16 – 02:22 next day Sagittarius
- 02:22 – 04:13 next day Capricorn
- 04:13 – 05:52 next day Aquarius
- 05:52 – 06:11 next day Pisces
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