Vijayawada panchang, 17 March 2026
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 04:55 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:51 – 12:39
- Gulika Kalam 12:15 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam 15:16 – 16:46
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:16 to 06:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 06:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 08:15
- Karana Vanija until 09:23, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:22 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 08:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 06:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:23 – 20:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:15 – 13:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:46
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:15 – 06:22
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 06:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 06:14 next day
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) 11:51 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 09:23
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:15 – 07:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:45 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:45 – 12:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:15 – 13:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:46 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:16 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:16 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:15 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:45 – 03:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:14 – 04:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:44 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:14 NowMars
- 04:14 NowSun
- 05:14 NowVenus
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:15 NowSun
- 08:15 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:15 NowJupiter
- 13:15 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:15 NowJupiter
- 20:15 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:15 NowVenus
- 23:15 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:10 Aquarius
- 06:10 – 07:47 Pisces
- 07:47 – 09:32 Aries
- 09:32 – 11:33 Taurus
- 11:33 – 13:45 Gemini
- 13:45 – 15:57 Cancer
- 15:57 – 18:03 Leo
- 18:03 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 22:16 Libra
- 22:16 – 00:30 next day Scorpio
- 00:30 – 02:36 next day Sagittarius
- 02:36 – 04:27 next day Capricorn
- 04:27 – 06:06 next day Aquarius
- 06:06 – 06:14 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