Vijayawada panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 04:45 Vaishakha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:37 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:37 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:40 – 15:17
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:30 to 05:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:37 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:37 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:17
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:37 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:40 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:40 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:27 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:37 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
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:37 NowVenus
- 10:37 NowMercury
- 11:37 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:37 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:37 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMercury
- 01:37 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:36 Aries
- 05:36 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:49 Gemini
- 09:49 – 12:01 Cancer
- 12:01 – 14:07 Leo
- 14:07 – 16:11 Virgo
- 16:11 – 18:21 Libra
- 18:21 – 20:34 Scorpio
- 20:34 – 22:40 Sagittarius
- 22:40 – 00:31 next day Capricorn
- 00:31 – 02:10 next day Aquarius
- 02:10 – 03:47 next day Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:32 next day Aries
- 05:32 – 05:37 next day Taurus
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