Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 18:23 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:44 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:11
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:24 to 06:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:11
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. 04:37 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:21 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:44 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 16:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:01 – 17:24 | Good |
| Char | 17:24 – 19:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:01 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:44 – 06:22 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:12 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:12 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:21 NowVenus
- 12:21 NowMercury
- 13:21 NowMoon
- 14:21 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:21 NowJupiter
- 23:21 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSun
- 01:21 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:22 Scorpio
- 06:22 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:19 Capricorn
- 10:19 – 11:57 Aquarius
- 11:57 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:17 Taurus
- 17:17 – 19:30 Gemini
- 19:30 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 01:55 next day Virgo
- 01:55 – 04:05 next day Libra
- 04:05 – 06:18 next day Scorpio
- 06:18 – 06:22 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