Visakhapatnam panchang, 17 December 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 03:54 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 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:16
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:24 to 06:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 02:33 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:11 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 14:16
- Karana Gara until 13:16, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:26 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:16 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:11 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 02:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:16
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 17:24 – 20:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:11 – 06:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:11 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:22 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:30 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:22 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
- 08:12 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:17 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 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:26 Sagittarius
- 08:26 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:54 Aquarius
- 11:54 – 13:30 Pisces
- 13:30 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:27 Gemini
- 19:27 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:46 Leo
- 23:46 – 01:52 next day Virgo
- 01:52 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 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