Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 March 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 06:39 Chaitra month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 18:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:36
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:07 to 06:01 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 22:15
- Karana Balava until 15:44, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:36
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. 04:27 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:02 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 02:27 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:27 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Char | 16:36 – 18:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:07 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:36 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:03 – 04:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:32 – 06:01 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
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:07 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:03 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:48 Aquarius
- 05:48 – 07:24 Pisces
- 07:24 – 09:08 Aries
- 09:08 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:21 Gemini
- 13:21 – 15:34 Cancer
- 15:34 – 17:40 Leo
- 17:40 – 19:46 Virgo
- 19:46 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:10 next day Scorpio
- 00:10 – 02:16 next day Sagittarius
- 02:16 – 04:06 next day Capricorn
- 04:06 – 05:44 next day Aquarius
- 05:44 – 06:01 next day Pisces
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