Vijayawada panchang, 16 March 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 04:15 Phalguna month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:45 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:52 – 12:40
- Durmuhurta 12:40 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:52
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:16 to 06:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 09:41
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 09:36
- Karana Taitila until 09:41, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:36 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:41 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 09:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:40 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:52
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. 04:39 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:52 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:15 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:45 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:16 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:15 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:45 – 06:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:14 Aquarius
- 06:14 – 07:51 Pisces
- 07:51 – 09:36 Aries
- 09:36 – 11:37 Taurus
- 11:37 – 13:49 Gemini
- 13:49 – 16:01 Cancer
- 16:01 – 18:07 Leo
- 18:07 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:20 Libra
- 22:20 – 00:34 next day Scorpio
- 00:34 – 02:40 next day Sagittarius
- 02:40 – 04:31 next day Capricorn
- 04:31 – 06:10 next day Aquarius
- 06:10 – 06:15 next day Pisces
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