Vijayawada panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 05:24 Chaitra month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:22 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:33 – 12:07
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:48
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:22 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:37 – 07:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:21 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:22 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:48
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. 04:20 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:22 – 20:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:51 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:51 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:51 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:25 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:25 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:33 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:07 – 13:40 | Good |
| Rog | 13:40 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:40 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:57 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:07 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:45 Pisces
- 05:45 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:31 Taurus
- 09:31 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 13:55 Cancer
- 13:55 – 16:01 Leo
- 16:01 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:15 Libra
- 20:15 – 22:28 Scorpio
- 22:28 – 00:34 next day Sagittarius
- 00:34 – 02:25 next day Capricorn
- 02:25 – 04:04 next day Aquarius
- 04:04 – 05:41 next day Pisces
- 05:41 – 05:51 next day Aries
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