Vijayawada panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 09:26 Ashadha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:44 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:39
- Yamaganda 13:50 – 15:28
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:42 to 05:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:50 – 15:28
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:45 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. 04:16 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:39
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:44 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:21 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:50 – 15:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:28 – 17:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:05 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:05 – 21:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:28 – 22:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:50 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 05:45 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
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:23 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:23 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 05:42 Gemini
- 05:42 – 07:53 Cancer
- 07:53 – 09:59 Leo
- 09:59 – 12:04 Virgo
- 12:04 – 14:13 Libra
- 14:13 – 16:26 Scorpio
- 16:26 – 18:33 Sagittarius
- 18:33 – 20:24 Capricorn
- 20:24 – 22:02 Aquarius
- 22:02 – 23:39 Pisces
- 23:39 – 01:25 next day Aries
- 01:25 – 03:26 next day Taurus
- 03:26 – 05:38 next day Gemini
- 05:38 – 05:45 next day Cancer
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