Vijayawada panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 20:38 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:27
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:37 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 04:47 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:55 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:55 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:36 Pisces
- 13:36 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 01:56 next day Virgo
- 01:56 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:31 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