Visakhapatnam panchang, 18 May 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 06:27 Jyeshtha (adhika) month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:22- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 13:30 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:46
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:22 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:53
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:47
- Karana Balava until 07:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:32 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 17:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:53 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:47 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:46
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 – 04:40
- 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 18:22 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 11:32
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 11:32 – 05:24 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:32 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:24 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Char | 13:30 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:45 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:30 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:01 – 05:24 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
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:29 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:16 Aries
- 05:16 – 07:17 Taurus
- 07:17 – 09:29 Gemini
- 09:29 – 11:42 Cancer
- 11:42 – 13:48 Leo
- 13:48 – 15:54 Virgo
- 15:54 – 18:04 Libra
- 18:04 – 20:18 Scorpio
- 20:18 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:14 next day Capricorn
- 00:14 – 01:52 next day Aquarius
- 01:52 – 03:28 next day Pisces
- 03:28 – 05:12 next day Aries
- 05:12 – 05:24 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