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Panchang for Visakhapatnam — 24 April 2026

Shukla Ashtami tithi, Pushya nakshatra · Friday · Andhra Pradesh (17.6868°, 83.2185°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Mesha (Chaitra)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Visakhapatnam (17.6868°, 83.2185°)'s own sunrise — 05:35 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiShukla Ashtamiuntil 07:22 PMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraPushya · pada 2until 08:14 PMKshipra nakshatra — Trade, medicine, learning, fine arts, quick tasks.
YogaShulauntil 01:24 AMInauspicious nitya-yoga — avoid auspicious works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 08:01 AMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:35 AM
Sunset06:16 PM
Moonrise12:01 PM
Moonset12:27 AM
Moon inCancer
Sun inAries
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Vasanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:30 AM – 12:20 PM
Brahma Muhurta03:59 AM – 04:47 AM
Amrit Kalam01:35 PM – 03:08 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:20 AM – 11:55 AM
Gulika Kalam07:10 AM – 08:45 AM
Yamaganda03:05 PM – 04:40 PM
Varjyam04:13 AM – 05:47 AM
Durmuhurta10:39 AM – 11:30 AM
Durmuhurta02:02 PM – 02:53 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara05:35 AM – 07:10 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:10 AM – 08:45 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit08:45 AM – 10:20 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:20 AM – 11:55 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh11:55 AM – 01:30 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:30 PM – 03:05 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:05 PM – 04:40 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:40 PM – 06:16 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:16 PM – 07:40 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:40 PM – 09:05 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:05 PM – 10:30 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:30 PM – 11:55 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit11:55 PM – 01:20 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:20 AM – 02:45 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh02:45 AM – 04:10 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:10 AM – 05:35 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle