Vijayawada panchang, 21 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 08:24 Magha 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 17:56- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 11:56 – 12:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:56 – 12:41 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:18 – 13:43
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:56 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:58 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:58
- Karana Taitila until 14:48, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:58 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 14:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:47 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:01 – 18:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:56 – 12:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:18 – 13:43
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:40 – 13:58
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:56 – 12:41
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:58 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:29 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:18 | Good |
| Rog | 12:18 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:32 – 17:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:56 – 19:32 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:32 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:18 – 01:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:54 – 03:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:29 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 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 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:15 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:04 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:04 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:15 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 06:16 Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 08:07 Capricorn
- 08:07 – 09:46 Aquarius
- 09:46 – 11:23 Pisces
- 11:23 – 13:08 Aries
- 13:08 – 15:09 Taurus
- 15:09 – 17:21 Gemini
- 17:21 – 19:33 Cancer
- 19:33 – 21:39 Leo
- 21:39 – 23:43 Virgo
- 23:43 – 01:53 next day Libra
- 01:53 – 04:06 next day Scorpio
- 04:06 – 06:12 next day Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 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