Shastra Panchangam

Hyderabad, Saturday, 19 December 2026

Saturday 19 December 2026

Rahu Kalam9:27 am – 10:50 am
Yamagandam1:36 pm – 3:00 pm
Gulikai6:40 am – 8:03 am
TithiShukla Dashami until 10:10 pm

Sunrise 6:40 am, sunset 5:46 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Dashami

until 10:10 pm

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

Nakshatra · Revati

until 3:58 pm

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

Yoga · Variyana

until 10:35 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 · Taitila

until 10:49 am; then Gara until 10:10 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

9:27 am – 10:50 am

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

Yamagandam

1:36 pm – 3:00 pm

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

Gulikai

6:40 am – 8:03 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
6:40 am – 8:03 amKaalavoid
8:03 am – 9:27 amShubhgood
9:27 am – 10:50 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:50 am – 12:13 pmUdvegavoid
12:13 pm – 1:36 pmCharneutral
1:36 pm – 3:00 pmLabhgood
3:00 pm – 4:23 pmAmritgood
4:23 pm – 5:46 pmKaalavoid
Night
5:46 pm – 7:23 pmLabhgood
7:23 pm – 9:00 pmUdvegavoid
9:00 pm – 10:36 pmShubhgood
10:36 pm – 12:13 amAmritgood
12:13 am – 1:50 amCharneutral
1:50 am – 3:27 amRogavoid
3:27 am – 5:04 amKaalavoid
5:04 am – 6:41 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

11:51 am – 12:35 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:30 pm, moonset 2:24 am Sunday.

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.

6:40 am – 7:36 amSaturn
7:36 am – 8:31 amJupiter
8:31 am – 9:27 amMars
9:27 am – 10:22 amSun
10:22 am – 11:18 amVenus
11:18 am – 12:13 pmMercury
12:13 pm – 1:09 pmMoon
1:09 pm – 2:04 pmSaturn
2:04 pm – 3:00 pmJupiter
3:00 pm – 3:55 pmMars
3:55 pm – 4:51 pmSun
4:51 pm – 5:46 pmVenus
5:46 pm – 6:51 pmMercury
6:51 pm – 7:55 pmMoon
7:55 pm – 9:00 pmSaturn
9:00 pm – 10:04 pmJupiter
10:04 pm – 11:09 pmMars
11:09 pm – 12:13 amSun
12:13 am – 1:18 amVenus
1:18 am – 2:22 amMercury
2:22 am – 3:27 amMoon
3:27 am – 4:31 amSaturn
4:31 am – 5:36 amJupiter
5:36 am – 6:41 amMars

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 10:35 am, karana at 10:49 am, nakshatra at 3:58 pm, tithi and karana at 10:10 pm.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:27 am in Hyderabad.

Questions

What is the tithi in Hyderabad on 19 December 2026?

Shukla Dashami, until 10:10 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:40 am in Hyderabad).

When is Rahu Kalam in Hyderabad on 19 December 2026?

9:27 am to 10:50 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:36 pm to 3:00 pm and Gulikai 6:40 am to 8:03 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Hyderabad on 19 December 2026?

During daylight: Shubh 8:03 am to 9:27 am, Labh 1:36 pm to 3:00 pm, Amrit 3:00 pm to 4:23 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:51 am to 12:35 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Hyderabad on 19 December 2026?

Moonrise is at 1:30 pm.

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.