Vijayawada panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 08:55 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
05:36 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:40
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:31 to 05:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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. 04:07 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:31 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:21 Aries
- 05:21 – 07:21 Taurus
- 07:21 – 09:34 Gemini
- 09:34 – 11:45 Cancer
- 11:45 – 13:51 Leo
- 13:51 – 15:56 Virgo
- 15:56 – 18:05 Libra
- 18:05 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:16 next day Capricorn
- 00:16 – 01:54 next day Aquarius
- 01:54 – 03:31 next day Pisces
- 03:31 – 05:17 next day Aries
- 05:17 – 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