Visakhapatnam panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 09:56 Pausha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:29 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam 09:16 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:48
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:34 to 06:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:08
- Karana Bava until 10:51, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:48
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. 04:46 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:23 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:29 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:16 | Good |
| Rog | 09:16 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:39 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:48 – 16:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:11 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:34 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:11 – 20:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:48 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:30 next day | Good |
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
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:48 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:48 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:29 NowSun
- 10:29 NowVenus
- 11:29 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:29 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:29 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:29 NowJupiter
- 22:29 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:29 NowMercury
- 02:29 NowMoon
- 03:29 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:14 Sagittarius
- 07:14 – 09:04 Capricorn
- 09:04 – 10:42 Aquarius
- 10:42 – 12:18 Pisces
- 12:18 – 14:02 Aries
- 14:02 – 16:03 Taurus
- 16:03 – 18:15 Gemini
- 18:15 – 20:27 Cancer
- 20:27 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 00:40 next day Virgo
- 00:40 – 02:50 next day Libra
- 02:50 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 06:30 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