Vijayawada panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 08:59 Shravana month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam 15:21 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:30
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:30 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:21 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:30
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:21 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:36
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:47
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:52 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:52 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:46 – 15:21 | Good |
| Rog | 15:21 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:21 | Good |
| Char | 21:21 – 22:46 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:46 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:02 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:27 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:59 Cancer
- 05:59 – 08:05 Leo
- 08:05 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 12:19 Libra
- 12:19 – 14:32 Scorpio
- 14:32 – 16:38 Sagittarius
- 16:38 – 18:30 Capricorn
- 18:30 – 20:08 Aquarius
- 20:08 – 21:45 Pisces
- 21:45 – 23:31 Aries
- 23:31 – 01:32 next day Taurus
- 01:32 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 05:52 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