Visakhapatnam panchang, 21 August 2026
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 13:14 Shravana month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:43
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:18 to 05:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:36
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:18 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 10:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:53 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 23:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:18 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:18 – 06:30 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:53 – 05:42 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. 04:11 – 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 18:18 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:53 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:42 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:51 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:28 Cancer
- 05:28 – 07:35 Leo
- 07:35 – 09:41 Virgo
- 09:41 – 11:51 Libra
- 11:51 – 14:04 Scorpio
- 14:04 – 16:11 Sagittarius
- 16:11 – 18:01 Capricorn
- 18:01 – 19:39 Aquarius
- 19:39 – 21:14 Pisces
- 21:14 – 22:59 Aries
- 22:59 – 00:59 next day Taurus
- 00:59 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:24 next day Cancer
- 05:24 – 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