Vijayawada panchang, 18 February 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 07:00 Phalguna month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:54 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 11:58 – 12:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:58 – 12:44 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:21 – 13:48
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:10 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:58
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:16 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 22:45
- Karana Bava until 16:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:54 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:58 – 12:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:21 – 13:48
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. 04:53 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:58 – 12:44
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:58 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:54 – 12:21 | Good |
| Rog | 12:21 – 13:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:48 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:48 | Good |
| Char | 22:48 – 00:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:21 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:56 Aquarius
- 07:56 – 09:33 Pisces
- 09:33 – 11:18 Aries
- 11:18 – 13:19 Taurus
- 13:19 – 15:31 Gemini
- 15:31 – 17:43 Cancer
- 17:43 – 19:49 Leo
- 19:49 – 21:53 Virgo
- 21:53 – 00:03 next day Libra
- 00:03 – 02:16 next day Scorpio
- 02:16 – 04:22 next day Sagittarius
- 04:22 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 06:32 next day Aquarius
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