Visakhapatnam — Friday, 18 December 2026
Visakhapatnam. Sunrise 6:21 am, sunset 5:26 pm — the day runs to sunrise at 6:21 am tomorrow.
The five limbs
Tithi · Shukla Navami
until 11:14 pm
Nakshatra · Uttara Bhadrapada
until 4:10 pm
Yoga · Vyatipata
until 12:19 pm
Karana · Balava
until 11:27 am
Windows
Rahu kalam
10:30 am – 11:53 am
Avoid beginning something new. Work already under way is not affected.
Yamagandam
2:39 pm – 4:02 pm
Not taken for starting a journey or a new undertaking.
Gulikai
7:44 am – 9:07 am
Generally avoided for beginnings; some households treat it as unrestricted.
About this day
Daylight runs 11 hours 5 minutes — 55 minutes shorter than an even twelve, so every window below is stretched narrower than at the equinox.
The first change today is the karana, at 11:27 am.
Rahu kalam takes the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday, which puts it at 10:30 am here.
Rahu kalam, yamagandam and gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsha, at Bengaluru's own horizon. The day runs sunrise to sunrise, so the limb named here is the one running at sunrise. Windows are eighths of the daylight.