Vijayawada panchang, 5 January 2026
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 19:57 Pausha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:25
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta 12:35 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta 14:48 – 15:33
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
17:47 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:57
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:47
- Karana Gara until 09:57, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:57 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 20:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:47 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:35 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:48 – 15:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:54 – 08:02 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. 04:55 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:35
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 13:25
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:25 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:00 – 16:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:23 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:23 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:23 – 21:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:00 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:12 – 01:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:49 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:02 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:00 NowJupiter
- 15:55 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:55 NowMoon
- 21:00 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:13 Scorpio
- 05:13 – 07:19 Sagittarius
- 07:19 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:49 Aquarius
- 10:49 – 12:26 Pisces
- 12:26 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:12 Taurus
- 16:12 – 18:24 Gemini
- 18:24 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 22:42 Leo
- 22:42 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 02:56 next day Libra
- 02:56 – 05:09 next day Scorpio
- 05:09 – 06:38 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