Vijayawada panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 14:52 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:40 – 15:25
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:38 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:40 – 15:25
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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:32 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:13 Scorpio
- 06:13 – 08:19 Sagittarius
- 08:19 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:26 Pisces
- 13:26 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:42 Leo
- 23:42 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:09 next day Scorpio
- 06:09 – 06:32 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