Visakhapatnam panchang, 18 April 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 05:57 Vaishakha 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:40 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:40 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:04
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:13 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 23:56
- Karana Bava until 14:11, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:42 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 14:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:40 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:04
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. 04:08 – 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:40 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 15:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:04 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:04 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:39 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 14:02 NowJupiter
- 15:04 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:04 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 05:30 Pisces
- 05:30 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:39 Cancer
- 13:39 – 15:46 Leo
- 15:46 – 17:52 Virgo
- 17:52 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:16 Scorpio
- 22:16 – 00:22 next day Sagittarius
- 00:22 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:26 next day Pisces
- 05:26 – 05:39 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