Vijayawada panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 04:02 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 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:41 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:26
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:36 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:41 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:26
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:11
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:30 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
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:21 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)
- 04:46 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:34 Sagittarius
- 08:34 – 10:25 Capricorn
- 10:25 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 13:41 Pisces
- 13:41 – 15:26 Aries
- 15:26 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:39 Gemini
- 19:39 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 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