Visakhapatnam panchang, 18 December 2026
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 12:28 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:24- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 16:02
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
17:24 to 06:22 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:19
- Karana Balava until 11:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:19 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:10 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:21 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:02
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 23:14 – 06:22 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. 04:38 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:00
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 16:10 – 23:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:10 – 06:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:10 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:08 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:53 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Char | 16:02 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:02 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:16 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:53 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:08 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:22 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:03 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:53 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:23 Sagittarius
- 08:23 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:12 Taurus
- 17:12 – 19:24 Gemini
- 19:24 – 21:36 Cancer
- 21:36 – 23:43 Leo
- 23:43 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 06:22 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