Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 May 2026
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 08:42 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 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:53 – 13:31
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:23 to 05:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:07
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:12 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:10
- Karana Vishti until 11:07, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:12 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:42 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:39 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:31
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:10 – 16:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:23 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 06:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:12 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:24 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:53 | Good |
| Rog | 11:53 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 23:53 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:53 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:24 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
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:53 NowVenus
- 12:58 NowMercury
- 14:03 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:03 NowSaturn
- 22:58 NowJupiter
- 23:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:24 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:24 NowSun
- 11:24 NowVenus
- 12:24 NowMercury
- 13:24 NowMoon
- 14:24 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:24 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:24 NowJupiter
- 23:24 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSun
- 01:24 NowVenus
- 02:24 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:09 Aries
- 05:09 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:21 Gemini
- 09:21 – 11:34 Cancer
- 11:34 – 13:41 Leo
- 13:41 – 15:46 Virgo
- 15:46 – 17:56 Libra
- 17:56 – 20:10 Scorpio
- 20:10 – 22:16 Sagittarius
- 22:16 – 00:07 next day Capricorn
- 00:07 – 01:44 next day Aquarius
- 01:44 – 03:20 next day Pisces
- 03:20 – 05:05 next day Aries
- 05:05 – 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