Visakhapatnam panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 20:26 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:45 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:16
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:25 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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. 04:38 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:45 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 16:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:02 – 17:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:25 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:11 Capricorn
- 10:11 – 11:49 Aquarius
- 11:49 – 13:25 Pisces
- 13:25 – 15:09 Aries
- 15:09 – 17:10 Taurus
- 17:10 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:47 next day Virgo
- 01:47 – 03:57 next day Libra
- 03:57 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 06:23 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