Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 December 2026
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 11:19 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:14 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:15
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:24 to 06:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:24 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:46
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 14:02 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 13:46
- Karana Gara until 10:08, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:08 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:46 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 14:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:46 – 09:13 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:13 – 11:12 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. 04:37 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:21 – 22:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:25 – 14:02
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:21 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:07 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Char | 14:38 – 16:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:01 – 17:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:24 – 19:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:01 – 20:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:38 – 22:15 | Good |
| Char | 22:15 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:07 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:21 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
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:07 NowJupiter
- 10:02 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 02:02 NowVenus
- 03:07 NowMercury
- 04:12 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:21 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:21 NowSun
- 12:21 NowVenus
- 13:21 NowMercury
- 14:21 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:21 NowSaturn
- 23:21 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMars
- 01:21 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:34 Pisces
- 13:34 – 15:19 Aries
- 15:19 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:44 Cancer
- 21:44 – 23:51 Leo
- 23:51 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 06:21 next day Sagittarius
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