Visakhapatnam panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 09:34 Pausha 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 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:17
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:26 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:40 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:24 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. 04:40 – 05:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:09 – 04:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:46 – 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:04 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:04 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 10:03 Capricorn
- 10:03 – 11:41 Aquarius
- 11:41 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 15:01 Aries
- 15:01 – 17:02 Taurus
- 17:02 – 19:14 Gemini
- 19:14 – 21:26 Cancer
- 21:26 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:49 next day Libra
- 03:49 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
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