Visakhapatnam panchang, 5 January 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 11:39 Pausha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:25
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:34 to 06:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:50
- Nakshatra Revati until 02:31 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 02:31 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:20 – 07:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:25
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:30 – 02:31 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:31 – 06:30 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. 04:46 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:31 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:25 – 14:48 | Bad |
| Char | 14:48 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:34 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:48 – 22:25 | Good |
| Char | 22:25 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:16 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:30 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:07 Scorpio
- 05:07 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 09:03 Capricorn
- 09:03 – 10:41 Aquarius
- 10:41 – 12:17 Pisces
- 12:17 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 16:02 Taurus
- 16:02 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:26 Cancer
- 20:26 – 22:33 Leo
- 22:33 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:49 next day Libra
- 02:49 – 05:03 next day Scorpio
- 05:03 – 06:30 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