Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 04:32 Vaishakha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:19
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 15:07
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:21 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:07
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. 03:56 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:02 – 05:25 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:58 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:02 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:24 Aries
- 05:24 – 07:25 Taurus
- 07:25 – 09:37 Gemini
- 09:37 – 11:49 Cancer
- 11:49 – 13:56 Leo
- 13:56 – 16:02 Virgo
- 16:02 – 18:12 Libra
- 18:12 – 20:26 Scorpio
- 20:26 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:22 next day Capricorn
- 00:22 – 02:00 next day Aquarius
- 02:00 – 03:36 next day Pisces
- 03:36 – 05:20 next day Aries
- 05:20 – 05:25 next day Taurus
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