Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 January 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 04:27 Pausha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:55 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:18
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:41 to 06:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:06
- Karana Gara until 09:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:06 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 22:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:06 – 00:42 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. 04:49 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:41 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:55 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:06 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Char | 16:18 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:18 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:06 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:55 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:18 Capricorn
- 08:18 – 09:56 Aquarius
- 09:56 – 11:32 Pisces
- 11:32 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:17 Taurus
- 15:17 – 17:29 Gemini
- 17:29 – 19:41 Cancer
- 19:41 – 21:48 Leo
- 21:48 – 23:54 Virgo
- 23:54 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:18 next day Scorpio
- 04:18 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
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