Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 22:13 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:46 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:36 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:40 – 16:03
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:26 to 06:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:47 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 10:49, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:36 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:03
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:23 – 03:47 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. 04:39 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:49 – 06:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:47 – 06:24 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:47 – 06:24 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:47 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:46 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:40 – 16:03 | Bad |
| Char | 16:03 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:03 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:40 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 06:24 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