Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 April 2026
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 07:43 Vaishakha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:13 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:42
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:13 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:28
- Nakshatra Rohini until 02:08 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 16:11
- Karana Gara until 07:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:11 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 04:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 04:15 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:42
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. 04:07 – 04:53
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 02:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:38 – 02:08 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 02:08 – 05:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:08 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:38 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:13 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 15:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:05 – 16:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:39 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:39 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:39 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:04 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:05 NowJupiter
- 16:07 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:22 Pisces
- 05:22 – 07:07 Aries
- 07:07 – 09:07 Taurus
- 09:07 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:32 Cancer
- 13:32 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:44 Virgo
- 17:44 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:08 Scorpio
- 22:08 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:42 next day Aquarius
- 03:42 – 05:18 next day Pisces
- 05:18 – 05:38 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