Visakhapatnam panchang, 18 February 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 00:49 Magha month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:50 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:42 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:31
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:58 to 06:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:25 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:29
- Karana Taitila until 13:57, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:25 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:29 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:42 – 09:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:31
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:25 – 06:23 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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:58 – 20:27
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:23 – 07:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:50 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:38 | Good |
| Rog | 13:38 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:23 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
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:21 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 06:10 Capricorn
- 06:10 – 07:48 Aquarius
- 07:48 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:08 Aries
- 11:08 – 13:09 Taurus
- 13:09 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:33 Cancer
- 17:33 – 19:40 Leo
- 19:40 – 21:46 Virgo
- 21:46 – 23:56 Libra
- 23:56 – 02:10 next day Scorpio
- 02:10 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 06:06 next day Capricorn
- 06:06 – 06:23 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