Vijayawada panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 06:41 Jyeshtha (adhika) 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:13 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:56
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:30 to 05:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:56
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 – 04:52
- 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 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:36 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:28 Aries
- 05:28 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 11:53 Cancer
- 11:53 – 13:59 Leo
- 13:59 – 16:03 Virgo
- 16:03 – 18:13 Libra
- 18:13 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:23 next day Capricorn
- 00:23 – 02:02 next day Aquarius
- 02:02 – 03:39 next day Pisces
- 03:39 – 05:24 next day Aries
- 05:24 – 05:36 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