Vijayawada panchang, 17 December 2026
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 12:03 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 07:53
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:23
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:36 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 23:26
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 15:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 13:21
- Karana Vishti until 11:12, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Moon enters Pisces
- 11:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 23:26 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:53
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:23
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 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:53 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:50 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:13 – 17:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:36 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:13 – 20:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:50 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:53 – 06:30 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:07 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:50 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:36 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:50 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:26 Capricorn
- 10:26 – 12:05 Aquarius
- 12:05 – 13:42 Pisces
- 13:42 – 15:27 Aries
- 15:27 – 17:28 Taurus
- 17:28 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 23:57 Leo
- 23:57 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:25 next day Scorpio
- 06:25 – 06:30 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