Visakhapatnam panchang, 17 August 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 09:41 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:26 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:49
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:21 to 05:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:00
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:58 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 03:29 next day
- Karana Balava until 17:00, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 16:19 Moon enters Libra
- 17:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:29 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 04:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:49
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:41 – 04:58 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 15:01 – 17:08
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) 11:35 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:41 – 07:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:58 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:26 | Good |
| Rog | 10:26 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:44 Cancer
- 05:44 – 07:51 Leo
- 07:51 – 09:56 Virgo
- 09:56 – 12:06 Libra
- 12:06 – 14:20 Scorpio
- 14:20 – 16:26 Sagittarius
- 16:26 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:15 Aries
- 23:15 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:28 next day Gemini
- 03:28 – 05:40 next day Cancer
- 05:40 – 05:41 next day Leo
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