Visakhapatnam panchang, 17 April 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 05:12 Chaitra month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:38
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:13 to 05:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 17:21
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:02 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:50, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:50 Karana becomes Naga
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 12:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:02 Moon enters Aries
- 17:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 17:21 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:45 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:37 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:21 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:38
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:40 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:40 – 12:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:02 – 05:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:21 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:30 | Good |
| Rog | 13:30 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Char | 16:38 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:38 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:30 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 12:59 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 22:59 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 07:18 Aries
- 07:18 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:50 Leo
- 15:50 – 17:56 Virgo
- 17:56 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:20 Scorpio
- 22:20 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 05:40 next day Aries
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