Visakhapatnam panchang, 12 January 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 00:57 Pausha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:42 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta 14:41 – 15:25
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:39 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 12:43
- Nakshatra Swati until 21:05 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 18:12
- Karana Gara until 12:43, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 12:43 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Shula
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:41 – 15:25
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 20:12
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 03:20 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:11 – 04:29 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. 04:48 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:42 | Good |
| Rog | 10:42 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:52 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:39 | Good |
| Char | 17:39 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:42 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:55 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:52 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:43 Sagittarius
- 06:43 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 10:12 Aquarius
- 10:12 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:32 Aries
- 13:32 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 19:57 Cancer
- 19:57 – 22:04 Leo
- 22:04 – 00:09 next day Virgo
- 00:09 – 02:20 next day Libra
- 02:20 – 04:33 next day Scorpio
- 04:33 – 06:31 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