Visakhapatnam, Sunday, 13 December 2026
Sunday 13 December 2026
The next day, Monday 14 December
Sunrise 6:18 am, sunset 5:24 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi
until 4:48 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Shravana
until 9:12 am Monday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Dhruva
until 12:15 pm
Worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions added together. It is read with the tithi, nakshatra and karana when a muhurta is chosen.
Karana · Vishti
until 4:48 pm; then Bava until 6:05 am Monday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:18 am to 4:48 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
4:01 pm – 5:24 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
11:51 am – 1:14 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
2:38 pm – 4:01 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Choghadiya
The day and the night each have eight choghadiyas. The names repeat in a cycle of seven, starting from a different name each weekday; on a Sunday the day starts with Udveg.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:18 am – 7:42 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 7:42 am – 9:05 am | Char | neutral |
| 9:05 am – 10:28 am | Labh | good |
| 10:28 am – 11:51 am | Amrit | good |
| 11:51 am – 1:14 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:14 pm – 2:38 pm | Shubh | good |
| 2:38 pm – 4:01 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 4:01 pm – 5:24 pm | Udveg | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:24 pm – 7:01 pm | Shubh | good |
| 7:01 pm – 8:38 pm | Amrit | good |
| 8:38 pm – 10:15 pm | Char | neutral |
| 10:15 pm – 11:51 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 11:51 pm – 1:28 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:28 am – 3:05 am | Labh | good |
| 3:05 am – 4:42 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 4:42 am – 6:19 am | Shubh | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:29 am – 12:13 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 9:35 am, moonset 8:57 pm.
Hora
Twelve horas from sunrise to sunset and twelve from sunset to the next sunrise, each ruled by a planet. The first hora of the day belongs to the weekday's own planet: the Sun on a Sunday.
| 6:18 am – 7:14 am | Sun |
| 7:14 am – 8:09 am | Venus |
| 8:09 am – 9:05 am | Mercury |
| 9:05 am – 10:00 am | Moon |
| 10:00 am – 10:56 am | Saturn |
| 10:56 am – 11:51 am | Jupiter |
| 11:51 am – 12:47 pm | Mars |
| 12:47 pm – 1:42 pm | Sun |
| 1:42 pm – 2:38 pm | Venus |
| 2:38 pm – 3:33 pm | Mercury |
| 3:33 pm – 4:29 pm | Moon |
| 4:29 pm – 5:24 pm | Saturn |
| 5:24 pm – 6:29 pm | Jupiter |
| 6:29 pm – 7:33 pm | Mars |
| 7:33 pm – 8:38 pm | Sun |
| 8:38 pm – 9:42 pm | Venus |
| 9:42 pm – 10:47 pm | Mercury |
| 10:47 pm – 11:51 pm | Moon |
| 11:51 pm – 12:56 am | Saturn |
| 12:56 am – 2:01 am | Jupiter |
| 2:01 am – 3:05 am | Mars |
| 3:05 am – 4:10 am | Sun |
| 4:10 am – 5:14 am | Venus |
| 5:14 am – 6:19 am | Mercury |
About this day
Daylight lasts 11 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 12:15 pm, tithi and karana at 4:48 pm, karana at 6:05 am Monday. The nakshatra runs on past the next sunrise, until 9:12 am Monday.
On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:01 pm in Visakhapatnam.
Questions
What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 13 December 2026?
Shukla Chaturthi, until 4:48 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:18 am in Visakhapatnam).
When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 13 December 2026?
4:01 pm to 5:24 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 11:51 am to 1:14 pm and Gulikai 2:38 pm to 4:01 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 13 December 2026?
During daylight: Labh 9:05 am to 10:28 am, Amrit 10:28 am to 11:51 am, Shubh 1:14 pm to 2:38 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:29 am to 12:13 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 13 December 2026?
Moonrise is at 9:35 am.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Visakhapatnam (17.6868°N, 83.2185°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.