Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 February 2028
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 23:51 Magha 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 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:57 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 12:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:45
- Karana Vishti until 14:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 12:26 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 14:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
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. 04:45 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:24 – 12:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:24 – 01:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:18 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:31 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:31 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:44 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:24 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
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:22 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)
- 04:45 – 06:18 Capricorn
- 06:18 – 07:56 Aquarius
- 07:56 – 09:32 Pisces
- 09:32 – 11:16 Aries
- 11:16 – 13:17 Taurus
- 13:17 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:41 Cancer
- 17:41 – 19:48 Leo
- 19:48 – 21:54 Virgo
- 21:54 – 00:04 next day Libra
- 00:04 – 02:18 next day Scorpio
- 02:18 – 04:24 next day Sagittarius
- 04:24 – 06:14 next day Capricorn
- 06:14 – 06:24 next day Aquarius
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