Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 November 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 21:43 Kartika month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:30 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:06
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:19 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:50
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 14:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 13:08
- Karana Taitila until 16:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:08 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 14:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 16:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:06
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. 04:24 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:06 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:30 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:06 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:19 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:31 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:02 NowMoon
- 07:58 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:06 NowMercury
- 07:06 NowMoon
- 08:06 NowSaturn
- 09:06 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:06 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:06 NowVenus
- 20:06 NowMercury
- 21:06 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:06 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:06 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:51 Libra
- 05:51 – 08:05 Scorpio
- 08:05 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 12:01 Capricorn
- 12:01 – 13:39 Aquarius
- 13:39 – 15:15 Pisces
- 15:15 – 16:59 Aries
- 16:59 – 19:00 Taurus
- 19:00 – 21:12 Gemini
- 21:12 – 23:24 Cancer
- 23:24 – 01:31 next day Leo
- 01:31 – 03:37 next day Virgo
- 03:37 – 05:47 next day Libra
- 05:47 – 06:06 next day Scorpio
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