Bengaluru, Thursday, 18 March 2027
Thursday 18 March 2027
The next day, Friday 19 March
Sunrise 6:25 am, sunset 6:30 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi
until 1:52 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Pushya
until 3:21 am Friday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Atiganda
until 2:35 am Friday
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 · Vanija
until 3:08 pm; then Vishti until 1:52 am Friday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:08 pm to 1:52 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
1:59 pm – 3:29 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:25 am – 7:56 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:27 am – 10:57 am
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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:25 am – 7:56 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:56 am – 9:27 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:27 am – 10:57 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:57 am – 12:28 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:28 pm – 1:59 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:59 pm – 3:29 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:29 pm – 5:00 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Amrit | good |
| 8:00 pm – 9:29 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:29 pm – 10:58 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:58 pm – 12:28 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:28 am – 1:57 am | Labh | good |
| 1:57 am – 3:26 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:26 am – 4:55 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:55 am – 6:25 am | Amrit | 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
12:04 pm – 12:52 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 2:45 pm, moonset 3:43 am Friday.
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: Jupiter on a Thursday.
| 6:25 am – 7:26 am | Jupiter |
| 7:26 am – 8:26 am | Mars |
| 8:26 am – 9:27 am | Sun |
| 9:27 am – 10:27 am | Venus |
| 10:27 am – 11:27 am | Mercury |
| 11:27 am – 12:28 pm | Moon |
| 12:28 pm – 1:28 pm | Saturn |
| 1:28 pm – 2:29 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:29 pm – 3:29 pm | Mars |
| 3:29 pm – 4:30 pm | Sun |
| 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Venus |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Mercury |
| 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Moon |
| 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Saturn |
| 8:30 pm – 9:29 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:29 pm – 10:29 pm | Mars |
| 10:29 pm – 11:28 pm | Sun |
| 11:28 pm – 12:28 am | Venus |
| 12:28 am – 1:27 am | Mercury |
| 1:27 am – 2:27 am | Moon |
| 2:27 am – 3:26 am | Saturn |
| 3:26 am – 4:26 am | Jupiter |
| 4:26 am – 5:25 am | Mars |
| 5:25 am – 6:25 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:08 pm, tithi and karana at 1:52 am Friday, yoga at 2:35 am Friday, nakshatra at 3:21 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:59 pm in Bengaluru.
Questions
What is the tithi in Bengaluru on 18 March 2027?
Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:25 am in Bengaluru).
When is Rahu Kalam in Bengaluru on 18 March 2027?
1:59 pm to 3:29 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:25 am to 7:56 am and Gulikai 9:27 am to 10:57 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Bengaluru on 18 March 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 6:25 am to 7:56 am, Labh 12:28 pm to 1:59 pm, Shubh 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:04 pm to 12:52 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Bengaluru on 18 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 2:45 pm.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Bengaluru (12.9716°N, 77.5946°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.