Vijayawada panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 04:55 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:27 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:24
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:37 to 06:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:27 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:30 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:27 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:14 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:14 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:27 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:30 Sagittarius
- 08:30 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:37 Pisces
- 13:37 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:35 Gemini
- 19:35 – 21:47 Cancer
- 21:47 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 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