Vijayawada panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 08:59 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:27 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 07:11 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:24 – 14:47
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:34 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:27 – 07:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:11 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:47
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:44 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:27 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:27 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:50 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:24 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:34 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:24 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:14 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:27 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
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:05 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:05 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:23 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:27 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:27 NowVenus
- 11:27 NowMercury
- 12:27 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:27 NowMercury
- 02:27 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:48 Scorpio
- 06:48 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:47 Aries
- 15:47 – 17:48 Taurus
- 17:48 – 20:00 Gemini
- 20:00 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:17 next day Leo
- 00:17 – 02:22 next day Virgo
- 02:22 – 04:31 next day Libra
- 04:31 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
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