Vijayawada panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 04:34 Pausha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:53- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:04 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam 10:52 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:54 – 12:39
- Durmuhurta 12:39 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:29
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:53 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:04 – 09:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:52 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:39 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 04:58 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:54 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:40 – 08:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:04 – 09:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:28 – 10:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:52 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:17 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Char | 16:29 – 17:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:53 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:17 – 01:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:52 – 03:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:28 – 05:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:04 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:21 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:53 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:21 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:40 NowJupiter
- 11:40 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:40 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:36 Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 08:27 Capricorn
- 08:27 – 10:06 Aquarius
- 10:06 – 11:43 Pisces
- 11:43 – 13:28 Aries
- 13:28 – 15:29 Taurus
- 15:29 – 17:41 Gemini
- 17:41 – 19:53 Cancer
- 19:53 – 21:58 Leo
- 21:58 – 00:03 next day Virgo
- 00:03 – 02:12 next day Libra
- 02:12 – 04:26 next day Scorpio
- 04:26 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
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