Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 September 2026
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 10:10 Bhadrapada month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:23
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:57 to 05:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 08:59
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 17:22 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:22
- Karana Balava until 08:59, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 08:59 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 21:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:20 – 12:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 12:22 – 13:34
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 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 17:22 – 05:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:22 – 05:46 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:22 – 05:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Char | 14:54 – 16:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:26 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:26 – 20:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:54 – 22:23 | Good |
| Char | 22:23 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:46 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:52 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:55 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:55 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:53 Leo
- 05:53 – 07:58 Virgo
- 07:58 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:28 Sagittarius
- 14:28 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 17:57 Aquarius
- 17:57 – 19:32 Pisces
- 19:32 – 21:17 Aries
- 21:17 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:30 next day Gemini
- 01:30 – 03:42 next day Cancer
- 03:42 – 05:46 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