Shastra Panchangam

Hyderabad, Friday, 17 December 2027

Friday 17 December 2027

Rahu Kalam10:49 am – 12:12 pm
Yamagandam2:58 pm – 4:22 pm
Gulikai8:02 am – 9:25 am
TithiKrishna Chaturthi until 10:35 am

Sunrise 6:39 am, sunset 5:45 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Chaturthi

until 10:35 am

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

Nakshatra · Pushya

until 7:08 am; then Ashlesha until 5:12 am Saturday

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

Yoga · Vaidhriti

until 2:47 am Saturday

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 · Balava

until 10:35 am; then Kaulava until 9:15 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

10:49 am – 12:12 pm

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

Yamagandam

2:58 pm – 4:22 pm

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

Gulikai

8:02 am – 9:25 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 Friday the day starts with Char.

Day
6:39 am – 8:02 amCharneutral
8:02 am – 9:25 amLabhgood
9:25 am – 10:49 amAmritgood
10:49 am – 12:12 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:12 pm – 1:35 pmShubhgood
1:35 pm – 2:58 pmRogavoid
2:58 pm – 4:22 pmUdvegavoid
4:22 pm – 5:45 pmCharneutral
Night
5:45 pm – 7:22 pmRogavoid
7:22 pm – 8:59 pmKaalavoid
8:59 pm – 10:35 pmLabhgood
10:35 pm – 12:12 amUdvegavoid
12:12 am – 1:49 amShubhgood
1:49 am – 3:26 amAmritgood
3:26 am – 5:03 amCharneutral
5:03 am – 6:39 amRogavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:50 am – 12:34 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:46 pm, moonset 9:49 am.

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: Venus on a Friday.

6:39 am – 7:34 amVenus
7:34 am – 8:30 amMercury
8:30 am – 9:25 amMoon
9:25 am – 10:21 amSaturn
10:21 am – 11:16 amJupiter
11:16 am – 12:12 pmMars
12:12 pm – 1:07 pmSun
1:07 pm – 2:03 pmVenus
2:03 pm – 2:58 pmMercury
2:58 pm – 3:54 pmMoon
3:54 pm – 4:49 pmSaturn
4:49 pm – 5:45 pmJupiter
5:45 pm – 6:50 pmMars
6:50 pm – 7:54 pmSun
7:54 pm – 8:59 pmVenus
8:59 pm – 10:03 pmMercury
10:03 pm – 11:08 pmMoon
11:08 pm – 12:12 amSaturn
12:12 am – 1:17 amJupiter
1:17 am – 2:21 amMars
2:21 am – 3:26 amSun
3:26 am – 4:30 amVenus
4:30 am – 5:35 amMercury
5:35 am – 6:39 amMoon

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: nakshatra at 7:08 am, tithi and karana at 10:35 am, karana at 9:15 pm, yoga at 2:47 am Saturday, nakshatra at 5:12 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:49 am in Hyderabad.

Questions

What is the tithi in Hyderabad on 17 December 2027?

Krishna Chaturthi, until 10:35 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:39 am in Hyderabad).

When is Rahu Kalam in Hyderabad on 17 December 2027?

10:49 am to 12:12 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 2:58 pm to 4:22 pm and Gulikai 8:02 am to 9:25 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Hyderabad on 17 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 8:02 am to 9:25 am, Amrit 9:25 am to 10:49 am, Shubh 12:12 pm to 1:35 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:50 am to 12:34 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Hyderabad on 17 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:46 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.