Visakhapatnam panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 08:51 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 07:03 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:04 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:13 – 14:36
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:22 to 06:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:03 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:36
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:35 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:19 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:19 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:19 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:41 – 09:04 | Good |
| Rog | 09:04 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:13 – 14:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:36 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:22 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:36 – 22:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:13 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:05 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:19 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
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:04 NowSun
- 10:00 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 02:00 NowMoon
- 03:05 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:19 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:19 NowMercury
- 12:19 NowMoon
- 13:19 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:19 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:19 NowVenus
- 01:19 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:19 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:46 Sagittarius
- 08:46 – 10:37 Capricorn
- 10:37 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:50 Pisces
- 13:50 – 15:35 Aries
- 15:35 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:00 Cancer
- 22:00 – 00:07 next day Leo
- 00:07 – 02:12 next day Virgo
- 02:12 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
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