Visakhapatnam panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 19:43 Shravana month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:34
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:33 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:00
- Karana Taitila until 06:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:25 – 13:46 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. 04:11 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:42 – 17:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:26 Cancer
- 05:26 – 07:33 Leo
- 07:33 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 14:02 Scorpio
- 14:02 – 16:09 Sagittarius
- 16:09 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:12 Pisces
- 21:12 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:57 next day Taurus
- 00:57 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:22 next day Cancer
- 05:22 – 05:42 next day Leo
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