Vijayawada panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 16:55 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:43 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:29
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:39 to 06:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:29
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. 04:49 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:43 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:16 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:16 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:18 Pisces
- 13:18 – 15:03 Aries
- 15:03 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:16 Gemini
- 19:16 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 06:33 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