Visakhapatnam panchang, 12 August 2026
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 04:58 Ashadha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:37
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:24 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 08:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 15:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:27, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:00 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 12:27 Karana becomes Naga
- 15:26 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 23:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:06 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 18:51 – 15:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:37
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. 04:10 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:03 Cancer
- 06:03 – 08:10 Leo
- 08:10 – 10:16 Virgo
- 10:16 – 12:26 Libra
- 12:26 – 14:40 Scorpio
- 14:40 – 16:46 Sagittarius
- 16:46 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:14 Aquarius
- 20:14 – 21:50 Pisces
- 21:50 – 23:34 Aries
- 23:34 – 01:35 next day Taurus
- 01:35 – 03:47 next day Gemini
- 03:47 – 05:40 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