Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 August 2026
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 12:21 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 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:41 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:47
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
18:19 to 05:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 21:18
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:08 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 04:25 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:16, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:16 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:08 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 21:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:25 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:25 – 05:18 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 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:08 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Char | 10:25 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:42 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 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:32 Cancer
- 05:32 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 09:44 Virgo
- 09:44 – 11:55 Libra
- 11:55 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:15 Sagittarius
- 16:15 – 18:05 Capricorn
- 18:05 – 19:43 Aquarius
- 19:43 – 21:18 Pisces
- 21:18 – 23:03 Aries
- 23:03 – 01:03 next day Taurus
- 01:03 – 03:16 next day Gemini
- 03:16 – 05:28 next day Cancer
- 05:28 – 05:42 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