Visakhapatnam panchang, 21 August 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 06:21 Bhadrapada month
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · 17.68°, 83.20° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:46
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:18 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:29
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:30 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 20:55
- Karana Bava until 12:29, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:30 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 12:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:46
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. 04:11 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:42 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:06 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:26 Cancer
- 05:26 – 07:33 Leo
- 07:33 – 09:39 Virgo
- 09:39 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:09 Sagittarius
- 16:09 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:37 Aquarius
- 19:37 – 21:13 Pisces
- 21:13 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:10 next day Gemini
- 03:10 – 05:22 next day Cancer
- 05:22 – 05:42 next day Leo
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