Visakhapatnam panchang, 16 August 2028
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 01:05 Shravana month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:36
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:21 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 03:49 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 18:12
- Karana Bava until 16:36, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:17 Moon enters Gemini
- 16:36 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 18:12 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:49 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 03:49 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:12 – 19:24
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. 04:10 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:41 – 18:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:49 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:16 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:08 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 07:53 Leo
- 07:53 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 12:08 Libra
- 12:08 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:28 Sagittarius
- 16:28 – 18:19 Capricorn
- 18:19 – 19:57 Aquarius
- 19:57 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:17 Aries
- 23:17 – 01:17 next day Taurus
- 01:17 – 03:30 next day Gemini
- 03:30 – 05:41 next day Cancer
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