Visakhapatnam panchang, 23 August 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 08:24 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 18:16- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:16 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:25 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:33
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 01:55 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:50
- Karana Vanija until 15:29, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 15:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 01:55 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 01:55 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 20:59 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:03 – 21:55
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 23:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:42 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:42 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:16 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:25 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:16 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:16 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:42 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
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 07:25 Leo
- 07:25 – 09:31 Virgo
- 09:31 – 11:41 Libra
- 11:41 – 13:55 Scorpio
- 13:55 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:51 Capricorn
- 17:51 – 19:29 Aquarius
- 19:29 – 21:05 Pisces
- 21:05 – 22:49 Aries
- 22:49 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:02 next day Gemini
- 03:02 – 05:14 next day Cancer
- 05:14 – 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