Vijayawada panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 18:37 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:36- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:26 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:23
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:23
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. 04:46 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Char | 13:26 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:13 – 17:36 | Good |
| Char | 17:36 – 19:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:13 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:26 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:40 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:30 Scorpio
- 06:30 – 08:37 Sagittarius
- 08:37 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:42 Gemini
- 19:42 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 23:59 Leo
- 23:59 – 02:04 next day Virgo
- 02:04 – 04:13 next day Libra
- 04:13 – 06:26 next day Scorpio
- 06:26 – 06:30 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