Vijayawada panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 12:39 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:37- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:10
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:13
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:37 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:13
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:30 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. 04:47 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:12
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:27 | Good |
| Rog | 13:27 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Char | 16:13 – 17:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:37 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:14 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:27 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:25 Scorpio
- 06:25 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:22 Capricorn
- 10:22 – 12:01 Aquarius
- 12:01 – 13:38 Pisces
- 13:38 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:24 Taurus
- 17:24 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:48 Cancer
- 21:48 – 23:54 Leo
- 23:54 – 01:58 next day Virgo
- 01:58 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:21 next day Scorpio
- 06:21 – 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