Vijayawada panchang, 21 October 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 14:25 Ashwin month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:19
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:41 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:12
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 00:33 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:00 Moon enters Aquarius
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:48 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:19
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhurta Chintamani 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:36 – 14:48 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 06:02 – 19:48
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 20:08 Muhurta Chintamani 1.34, commentary p. 30 19:03 – 21:12
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:41 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:02 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:24 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:19 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 13:19 – 14:46 | Avoid |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:14 – 17:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:41 – 19:14 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:14 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Avoid |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:57 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 06:02 next day | Avoid |
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
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:59 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:02 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 08:02 NowSaturn
- 09:02 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:02 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:02 NowMercury
- 04:02 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:50 Virgo
- 05:50 – 07:59 Libra
- 07:59 – 10:13 Scorpio
- 10:13 – 12:19 Sagittarius
- 12:19 – 14:10 Capricorn
- 14:10 – 15:49 Aquarius
- 15:49 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 19:11 Aries
- 19:11 – 21:12 Taurus
- 21:12 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:36 next day Cancer
- 01:36 – 03:42 next day Leo
- 03:42 – 05:46 next day Virgo
- 05:46 – 06:02 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