Vijayawada panchang, 18 October 2028
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 05:57 Ashwin month
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · 16.51°, 80.65° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:43- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:20
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:43 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 17:28 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 01:26 next day
- Karana Naga until 08:26, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:51 Moon enters Libra
- 08:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:26 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 17:28 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:38 – 05:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:27 – 06:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:20
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. 04:23 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:10
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:01 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Char | 14:47 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:43 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:47 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:57 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:29 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:47 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:47 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 06:00 Virgo
- 06:00 – 08:09 Libra
- 08:09 – 10:22 Scorpio
- 10:22 – 12:29 Sagittarius
- 12:29 – 14:20 Capricorn
- 14:20 – 15:59 Aquarius
- 15:59 – 17:36 Pisces
- 17:36 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:22 Taurus
- 21:22 – 23:34 Gemini
- 23:34 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 03:51 next day Leo
- 03:51 – 05:56 next day Virgo
- 05:56 – 06:01 next day Libra
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