Vijayawada panchang, 21 March 2026
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 07:32 Chaitra month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:17- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:50 – 12:38
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:16
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:17 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:56
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:37 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 19:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:01 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:01 – 15:41 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. 04:36 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:50 – 12:38
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:56 – 06:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:37 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:44 – 12:14 | Bad |
| Char | 12:14 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:17 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:14 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:41 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:54 Aquarius
- 05:54 – 07:31 Pisces
- 07:31 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:17 Taurus
- 11:17 – 13:29 Gemini
- 13:29 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 17:47 Leo
- 17:47 – 19:51 Virgo
- 19:51 – 22:01 Libra
- 22:01 – 00:14 next day Scorpio
- 00:14 – 02:20 next day Sagittarius
- 02:20 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:50 next day Aquarius
- 05:50 – 06:11 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