Shastra Panchangam

Hyderabad, Saturday, 12 December 2026

Saturday 12 December 2026

Rahu Kalam9:23 am – 10:46 am
Yamagandam1:33 pm – 2:56 pm
Gulikai6:36 am – 8:00 am
TithiShukla Tritiya until 2:07 pm

Sunrise 6:36 am, sunset 5:43 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Tritiya

until 2:07 pm

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

Nakshatra · Uttara Ashadha

until 6:12 am Sunday

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

Yoga · Vriddhi

until 11:17 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 · Gara

until 2:07 pm; then Vanija until 3:28 am Sunday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:28 am to 4:48 pm on Sunday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

9:23 am – 10:46 am

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

Yamagandam

1:33 pm – 2:56 pm

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

Gulikai

6:36 am – 8:00 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 Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
6:36 am – 8:00 amKaalavoid
8:00 am – 9:23 amShubhgood
9:23 am – 10:46 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:46 am – 12:10 pmUdvegavoid
12:10 pm – 1:33 pmCharneutral
1:33 pm – 2:56 pmLabhgood
2:56 pm – 4:20 pmAmritgood
4:20 pm – 5:43 pmKaalavoid
Night
5:43 pm – 7:20 pmLabhgood
7:20 pm – 8:57 pmUdvegavoid
8:57 pm – 10:33 pmShubhgood
10:33 pm – 12:10 amAmritgood
12:10 am – 1:47 amCharneutral
1:47 am – 3:23 amRogavoid
3:23 am – 5:00 amKaalavoid
5:00 am – 6:37 amLabhgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:47 am – 12:32 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:13 am, moonset 8:25 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: Saturn on a Saturday.

6:36 am – 7:32 amSaturn
7:32 am – 8:27 amJupiter
8:27 am – 9:23 amMars
9:23 am – 10:18 amSun
10:18 am – 11:14 amVenus
11:14 am – 12:10 pmMercury
12:10 pm – 1:05 pmMoon
1:05 pm – 2:01 pmSaturn
2:01 pm – 2:56 pmJupiter
2:56 pm – 3:52 pmMars
3:52 pm – 4:48 pmSun
4:48 pm – 5:43 pmVenus
5:43 pm – 6:48 pmMercury
6:48 pm – 7:52 pmMoon
7:52 pm – 8:57 pmSaturn
8:57 pm – 10:01 pmJupiter
10:01 pm – 11:05 pmMars
11:05 pm – 12:10 amSun
12:10 am – 1:14 amVenus
1:14 am – 2:19 amMercury
2:19 am – 3:23 amMoon
3:23 am – 4:28 amSaturn
4:28 am – 5:32 amJupiter
5:32 am – 6:37 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 7 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:17 am, tithi and karana at 2:07 pm, karana at 3:28 am Sunday, nakshatra at 6:12 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:23 am in Hyderabad.

Questions

What is the tithi in Hyderabad on 12 December 2026?

Shukla Tritiya, until 2:07 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:36 am in Hyderabad).

When is Rahu Kalam in Hyderabad on 12 December 2026?

9:23 am to 10:46 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:33 pm to 2:56 pm and Gulikai 6:36 am to 8:00 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Hyderabad on 12 December 2026?

During daylight: Shubh 8:00 am to 9:23 am, Labh 1:33 pm to 2:56 pm, Amrit 2:56 pm to 4:20 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:47 am to 12:32 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Hyderabad on 12 December 2026?

Moonrise is at 9:13 am.

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

How this was computed
Calculated for Hyderabad (17.3850°N, 78.4867°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.