Vijayawada panchang, 17 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 05:27 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 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:28 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:06
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:54 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:04 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 11:16, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 11:16 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:04 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:04 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:28 – 10:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:06
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) 11:55 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 00:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:28 | Good |
| Rog | 09:28 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:53 – 12:17 | Bad |
| Char | 12:17 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:30 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:30 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:17 – 01:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:53 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:29 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:17 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:02 NowSun
- 16:58 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:58 NowMoon
- 20:02 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:17 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:32 Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 08:23 Capricorn
- 08:23 – 10:02 Aquarius
- 10:02 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:24 Aries
- 13:24 – 15:25 Taurus
- 15:25 – 17:37 Gemini
- 17:37 – 19:49 Cancer
- 19:49 – 21:55 Leo
- 21:55 – 23:59 Virgo
- 23:59 – 02:08 next day Libra
- 02:08 – 04:22 next day Scorpio
- 04:22 – 06:28 next day Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 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