Vijayawada panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 11:29 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:52 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:26
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:36 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:26
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 04:46 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:11
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:29 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:52 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Char | 14:49 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:49 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:29 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:07 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:30 Capricorn
- 10:30 – 12:09 Aquarius
- 12:09 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:31 Aries
- 15:31 – 17:32 Taurus
- 17:32 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 21:56 Cancer
- 21:56 – 00:01 next day Leo
- 00:01 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:15 next day Libra
- 04:15 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
- 06:28 – 06:29 next day Sagittarius
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