Vijayawada panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 18:04 Margashirsha month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:40- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:33 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta 10:15 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:26
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 06:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:15 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:26
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 01:47 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. 04:50 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:33 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:33 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:33 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:56 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Char | 10:43 – 12:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:06 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 14:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:53 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:40 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:53 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:43 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:57 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:53 NowSun
- 15:49 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:49 NowJupiter
- 20:53 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:01 Scorpio
- 06:01 – 08:07 Sagittarius
- 08:07 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 13:14 Pisces
- 13:14 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 05:57 next day Scorpio
- 05:57 – 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