Visakhapatnam panchang, 23 December 2026
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 16:41 Margashirsha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:27- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:47 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:18
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:27 to 06:25 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:47
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 17:15
- Karana Vanija until 10:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:47 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:15 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 20:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:18
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. 04:41 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:02
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:24 – 07:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 07:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:56 – 04:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:47 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:41 | Bad |
| Char | 14:41 – 16:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:04 – 17:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:27 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:04 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:19 | Good |
| Char | 22:19 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:25 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:57 Scorpio
- 05:57 – 08:03 Sagittarius
- 08:03 – 09:53 Capricorn
- 09:53 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:07 Pisces
- 13:07 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:04 Gemini
- 19:04 – 21:17 Cancer
- 21:17 – 23:23 Leo
- 23:23 – 01:29 next day Virgo
- 01:29 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:53 next day Scorpio
- 05:53 – 06:25 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