Vijayawada panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 09:51 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:27 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 10:36 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:36
- Durmuhurta 12:36 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam 13:46 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 15:58
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:30 to 05:52 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:36 – 13:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:46 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 15:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:52 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:52 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:52 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:27 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:02 – 10:36 | Good |
| Rog | 10:36 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:46 | Bad |
| Char | 13:46 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:30 | Good |
| Char | 18:30 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:46 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:02 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:27 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:55 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 09:02 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:02 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
- 05:52 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:52 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:52 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:52 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:55 Cancer
- 05:55 – 08:01 Leo
- 08:01 – 10:06 Virgo
- 10:06 – 12:15 Libra
- 12:15 – 14:28 Scorpio
- 14:28 – 16:35 Sagittarius
- 16:35 – 18:26 Capricorn
- 18:26 – 20:04 Aquarius
- 20:04 – 21:41 Pisces
- 21:41 – 23:27 Aries
- 23:27 – 01:28 next day Taurus
- 01:28 – 03:40 next day Gemini
- 03:40 – 05:51 next day Cancer
- 05:51 – 05:52 next day Leo
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