Vijayawada panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 09:44 Pausha 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 11:42 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:05 – 13:28
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:38 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:42 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:05 – 13:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:32 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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:05 | Good |
| Rog | 12:05 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:28 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Char | 14:51 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:38 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:51 – 22:28 | Good |
| Char | 22:28 – 00:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:05 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:47 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:47 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:14 Taurus
- 17:14 – 19:26 Gemini
- 19:26 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 01:48 next day Virgo
- 01:48 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 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