Vijayawada panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 12:24 Ashwin month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:43
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:43 to 06:01 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:48 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:43
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:43 – 20:11
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:01 – 07:29 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:29 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:20 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:48 | Good |
| Rog | 14:48 – 16:15 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:43 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:43 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:48 | Good |
| Char | 20:48 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 23:52 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:29 – 06:01 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 07:58 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:48 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:48 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:57 NowSun
- 03:58 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:01 NowSun
- 07:01 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:01 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:01 NowMoon
- 17:01 NowSaturn
- 18:01 NowJupiter
- 19:01 NowMars
- 20:01 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:01 NowVenus
- 05:01 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:02 Virgo
- 06:02 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:24 Scorpio
- 10:24 – 12:31 Sagittarius
- 12:31 – 14:22 Capricorn
- 14:22 – 16:01 Aquarius
- 16:01 – 17:37 Pisces
- 17:37 – 19:23 Aries
- 19:23 – 21:24 Taurus
- 21:24 – 23:36 Gemini
- 23:36 – 01:47 next day Cancer
- 01:47 – 03:53 next day Leo
- 03:53 – 05:58 next day Virgo
- 05:58 – 06:01 next day Libra
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