Visakhapatnam panchang, 4 December 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 08:56 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:37 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:09 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:10
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:20 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:10
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:14 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 13:56
- Karana Gara until 13:10, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:56 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:14 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 23:19 Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:10
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. 04:31 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:14 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:37 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:20 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:34 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:38 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:06 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:56 Libra
- 04:56 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:44 Aquarius
- 12:44 – 14:20 Pisces
- 14:20 – 16:04 Aries
- 16:04 – 18:05 Taurus
- 18:05 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 22:29 Cancer
- 22:29 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:42 next day Virgo
- 02:42 – 04:52 next day Libra
- 04:52 – 06:15 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