Visakhapatnam panchang, 18 July 2026
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 09:15 Ashadha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:41 – 15:18
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:34 to 05:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 20:45
- Karana Bava until 16:07, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 23:59 Moon enters Virgo
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:18
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 20:45 – 08:04 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 05:32 next day
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:41 – 15:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:18 – 16:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:56 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:56 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:18 – 22:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:29 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:29 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:37 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:29 Gemini
- 05:29 – 07:42 Cancer
- 07:42 – 09:49 Leo
- 09:49 – 11:54 Virgo
- 11:54 – 14:04 Libra
- 14:04 – 16:18 Scorpio
- 16:18 – 18:24 Sagittarius
- 18:24 – 20:15 Capricorn
- 20:15 – 21:52 Aquarius
- 21:52 – 23:28 Pisces
- 23:28 – 01:13 next day Aries
- 01:13 – 03:13 next day Taurus
- 03:13 – 05:25 next day Gemini
- 05:25 – 05:32 next day Cancer
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