Visakhapatnam panchang, 18 October 2026
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 12:16 Ashwin month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Avoid
- Good
- Past
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:04 – 17:32
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:32 to 05:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 08:28
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 12:49 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:56
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:49 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 19:33 Moon enters Capricorn
- 21:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:56 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta Muhurta Chintamani 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kalaprakasika, tr. N. P. Subramania Iyer, 1917, pp. 175–176 16:04 – 17:32
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) 11:18 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhurta Chintamani 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirnaya-sindhu p. 29; Viramitrodaya, Samaya-prakasha, p. 129 17:32 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhurta Chintamani 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:49 – 05:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:19 | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:09 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 16:04 | Avoid |
| Udveg | 16:04 – 17:32 | Avoid |
| Shubh | 17:32 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:09 – 23:42 | Avoid |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:14 next day | Avoid |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:19 next day | Avoid |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 05:52 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhurta Chintamani 1.55, p. 49
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:52 Virgo
- 05:52 – 08:03 Libra
- 08:03 – 10:16 Scorpio
- 10:16 – 12:23 Sagittarius
- 12:23 – 14:13 Capricorn
- 14:13 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 17:26 Pisces
- 17:26 – 19:11 Aries
- 19:11 – 21:11 Taurus
- 21:11 – 23:24 Gemini
- 23:24 – 01:36 next day Cancer
- 01:36 – 03:43 next day Leo
- 03:43 – 05:49 next day Virgo
- 05:49 – 05:52 next day Libra
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