Visakhapatnam panchang, 28 January 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 13:06 Magha 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 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:34
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:48 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 16:36
- Nakshatra Krittika until 09:27 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 23:54
- Karana Gara until 16:36, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 16:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 16:36 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:54 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:48 – 20:21
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 09:27
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 09:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 06:31 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:27 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Char | 14:59 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 20:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:59 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:31 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
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 14:59 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:59 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 05:41 Sagittarius
- 05:41 – 07:31 Capricorn
- 07:31 – 09:09 Aquarius
- 09:09 – 10:44 Pisces
- 10:44 – 12:29 Aries
- 12:29 – 14:29 Taurus
- 14:29 – 16:42 Gemini
- 16:42 – 18:54 Cancer
- 18:54 – 21:01 Leo
- 21:01 – 23:07 Virgo
- 23:07 – 01:17 next day Libra
- 01:17 – 03:30 next day Scorpio
- 03:30 – 05:37 next day Sagittarius
- 05:37 – 06:31 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