Visakhapatnam panchang, 21 December 2026
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 14:39 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:26- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:46 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:13
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:26 to 06:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:36
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:32 next day
- Karana Bava until 07:00, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 13:09 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:36 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:13
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. 04:40 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:01
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:23 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:46 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:40 – 16:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:03 – 17:26 | Good |
| Char | 17:26 – 19:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:03 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:40 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:18 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:47 – 06:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:19 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:11 Sagittarius
- 08:11 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:15 Pisces
- 13:15 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 17:00 Taurus
- 17:00 – 19:12 Gemini
- 19:12 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:31 Leo
- 23:31 – 01:37 next day Virgo
- 01:37 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 06:24 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