Visakhapatnam panchang, 23 August 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 21:04 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 18:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:42
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:54 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 09:31
- Karana Balava until 10:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:31 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 10:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:54 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:54 Moon enters Aries
- 21:12 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:03
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:31 – 11:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:02 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:05 – 21:59
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:42 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:54 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:42 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 07:25 Leo
- 07:25 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 11:41 Libra
- 11:41 – 13:55 Scorpio
- 13:55 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 19:29 Aquarius
- 19:29 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:49 Aries
- 22:49 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:02 next day Gemini
- 03:02 – 05:14 next day Cancer
- 05:14 – 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