Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 August 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 08:49 Shravana month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:21
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:21 to 05:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 16:53
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:53, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 16:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:51 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:21
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 16:53 – 03:50 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. 04:10 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:41 – 16:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:41 – 03:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:50 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:41 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:21 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:16 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:41 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:41 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:41 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:41 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:41 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:41 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:41 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:41 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:48 Cancer
- 05:48 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 10:00 Virgo
- 10:00 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:24 Scorpio
- 14:24 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 19:58 Aquarius
- 19:58 – 21:34 Pisces
- 21:34 – 23:19 Aries
- 23:19 – 01:19 next day Taurus
- 01:19 – 03:31 next day Gemini
- 03:31 – 05:41 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