Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 January 2027
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 15:24 Pausha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:56 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:32
- 14:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:44 to 06:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 22:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:59, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:32
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:23 – 18:08 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. 04:49 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:44 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 16:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:17 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:32 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:56 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Char | 14:56 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:56 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:56 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:12 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:52 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:52 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:13 Sagittarius
- 06:13 – 08:03 Capricorn
- 08:03 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 11:17 Pisces
- 11:17 – 13:01 Aries
- 13:01 – 15:02 Taurus
- 15:02 – 17:14 Gemini
- 17:14 – 19:26 Cancer
- 19:26 – 21:33 Leo
- 21:33 – 23:39 Virgo
- 23:39 – 01:49 next day Libra
- 01:49 – 04:03 next day Scorpio
- 04:03 – 06:09 next day Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 06:32 next day Capricorn
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