Shastra Panchangam

Bengaluru, Tuesday, 16 March 2027

Tuesday 16 March 2027

Rahu Kalam3:29 pm – 5:00 pm
Yamagandam9:28 am – 10:58 am
Gulikai12:28 pm – 1:59 pm
TithiShukla Ashtami until 8:55 am

Sunrise 6:27 am, sunset 6:30 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ashtami

until 8:55 am

The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.

Nakshatra · Mrigashira

until 8:13 am

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Ayushman

until 11:51 am

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 · Bava

until 8:55 am; then Balava until 7:51 pm

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

No Bhadra Karanam between this sunrise and the next.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

3:29 pm – 5:00 pm

Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.

Yamagandam

9:28 am – 10:58 am

Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.

Gulikai

12:28 pm – 1:59 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
6:27 am – 7:57 amRogavoid
7:57 am – 9:28 amUdvegavoid
9:28 am – 10:58 amCharneutral
10:58 am – 12:28 pmLabhgood
12:28 pm – 1:59 pmAmritgood
1:59 pm – 3:29 pmKaalavoid
3:29 pm – 5:00 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
5:00 pm – 6:30 pmRogavoid
Night
6:30 pm – 8:00 pmKaalavoid
8:00 pm – 9:29 pmLabhgood
9:29 pm – 10:59 pmUdvegavoid
10:59 pm – 12:28 amShubhgood
12:28 am – 1:58 amAmritgood
1:58 am – 3:27 amCharneutral
3:27 am – 4:56 amRogavoid
4:56 am – 6:26 amKaalavoid

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.

Abhijit Muhurta

12:04 pm – 12:53 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:38 pm, moonset 1:55 am Wednesday.

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: Mars on a Tuesday.

6:27 am – 7:27 amMars
7:27 am – 8:27 amSun
8:27 am – 9:28 amVenus
9:28 am – 10:28 amMercury
10:28 am – 11:28 amMoon
11:28 am – 12:28 pmSaturn
12:28 pm – 1:29 pmJupiter
1:29 pm – 2:29 pmMars
2:29 pm – 3:29 pmSun
3:29 pm – 4:30 pmVenus
4:30 pm – 5:30 pmMercury
5:30 pm – 6:30 pmMoon
6:30 pm – 7:30 pmSaturn
7:30 pm – 8:30 pmJupiter
8:30 pm – 9:29 pmMars
9:29 pm – 10:29 pmSun
10:29 pm – 11:29 pmVenus
11:29 pm – 12:28 amMercury
12:28 am – 1:28 amMoon
1:28 am – 2:27 amSaturn
2:27 am – 3:27 amJupiter
3:27 am – 4:27 amMars
4:27 am – 5:26 amSun
5:26 am – 6:26 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 4 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 8:13 am, tithi and karana at 8:55 am, yoga at 11:51 am, karana at 7:51 pm.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:29 pm in Bengaluru.

Questions

What is the tithi in Bengaluru on 16 March 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 8:55 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:27 am in Bengaluru).

When is Rahu Kalam in Bengaluru on 16 March 2027?

3:29 pm to 5:00 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:28 am to 10:58 am and Gulikai 12:28 pm to 1:59 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Bengaluru on 16 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:58 am to 12:28 pm, Amrit 12:28 pm to 1:59 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:04 pm to 12:53 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Bengaluru on 16 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 12:38 pm.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Bengaluru (12.9716°N, 77.5946°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.