Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 October 2026
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 10:41 Ashwin month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:33- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 16:06
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:33 to 05:51 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:54 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:47 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 22:05
- Karana Kaulava until 16:38, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:47 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:47 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:05 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhurta Chintamani 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirnaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhurta Martanda v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:05 – 00:29 next day
- Dagdha Muhurta Chintamani 1.5, Narada in the commentary, p. 13 05:51 – 06:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmriti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kulluka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindaraja, as Kulluka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:13 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:33 – 20:01
- Siddha Muhurta Chintamani 1.4, Kasyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 05:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhurta Chintamani 1.27, p. 22 06:47 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:42 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:38 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 16:06 | Avoid |
| Char | 16:06 – 17:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:33 – 19:06 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:06 – 20:38 | Avoid |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:42 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:19 – 05:51 next day | Avoid |
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. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 06:00 Virgo
- 06:00 – 08:11 Libra
- 08:11 – 10:24 Scorpio
- 10:24 – 12:30 Sagittarius
- 12:30 – 14:21 Capricorn
- 14:21 – 15:59 Aquarius
- 15:59 – 17:34 Pisces
- 17:34 – 19:19 Aries
- 19:19 – 21:19 Taurus
- 21:19 – 23:32 Gemini
- 23:32 – 01:44 next day Cancer
- 01:44 – 03:51 next day Leo
- 03:51 – 05:51 next day Virgo
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