Vijayawada panchang, 18 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 06:16 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 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:55 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 12:17 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta 16:25 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam 16:30 – 17:55
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:55 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:21 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 21:11
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:46, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:46 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:41 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:17 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:25 – 17:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:30 – 17:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:11 – 22:23
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 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:14 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:29 – 10:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:53 – 12:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:17 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:30 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:30 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:17 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:53 – 03:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:29 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:25 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:25 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:19 Capricorn
- 08:19 – 09:58 Aquarius
- 09:58 – 11:35 Pisces
- 11:35 – 13:20 Aries
- 13:20 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:33 Gemini
- 17:33 – 19:45 Cancer
- 19:45 – 21:51 Leo
- 21:51 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:18 next day Scorpio
- 04:18 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 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