Shastra Panchangam

Hyderabad, Thursday, 23 December 2027

Thursday 23 December 2027

Rahu Kalam1:38 pm – 3:01 pm
Yamagandam6:42 am – 8:05 am
Gulikai9:28 am – 10:52 am
TithiKrishna Ekadashi until 11:12 pm

Sunrise 6:42 am, sunset 5:48 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Ekadashi

until 11:12 pm

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

Nakshatra · Swati

until 12:18 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 11:43 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 11:24 am; then Balava until 11:12 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

1:38 pm – 3:01 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:42 am – 8:05 am

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

Gulikai

9:28 am – 10:52 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
6:42 am – 8:05 amShubhgood
8:05 am – 9:28 amRogavoid
9:28 am – 10:52 amUdvegavoid
10:52 am – 12:15 pmCharneutral
12:15 pm – 1:38 pmLabhgood
1:38 pm – 3:01 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:01 pm – 4:25 pmKaalavoid
4:25 pm – 5:48 pmShubhgood
Night
5:48 pm – 7:25 pmAmritgood
7:25 pm – 9:01 pmCharneutral
9:01 pm – 10:38 pmRogavoid
10:38 pm – 12:15 amKaalavoid
12:15 am – 1:52 amLabhgood
1:52 am – 3:29 amUdvegavoid
3:29 am – 5:06 amShubhgood
5:06 am – 6:42 amAmritgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:53 am – 12:37 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 3:28 am Friday, moonset 1:58 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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

6:42 am – 7:37 amJupiter
7:37 am – 8:33 amMars
8:33 am – 9:28 amSun
9:28 am – 10:24 amVenus
10:24 am – 11:19 amMercury
11:19 am – 12:15 pmMoon
12:15 pm – 1:10 pmSaturn
1:10 pm – 2:06 pmJupiter
2:06 pm – 3:01 pmMars
3:01 pm – 3:57 pmSun
3:57 pm – 4:52 pmVenus
4:52 pm – 5:48 pmMercury
5:48 pm – 6:52 pmMoon
6:52 pm – 7:57 pmSaturn
7:57 pm – 9:01 pmJupiter
9:01 pm – 10:06 pmMars
10:06 pm – 11:11 pmSun
11:11 pm – 12:15 amVenus
12:15 am – 1:20 amMercury
1:20 am – 2:24 amMoon
2:24 am – 3:29 amSaturn
3:29 am – 4:33 amJupiter
4:33 am – 5:38 amMars
5:38 am – 6:42 amSun

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: karana at 11:24 am, yoga at 11:43 am, tithi and karana at 11:12 pm, nakshatra at 12:18 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:38 pm in Hyderabad.

Questions

What is the tithi in Hyderabad on 23 December 2027?

Krishna Ekadashi, until 11:12 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:42 am in Hyderabad).

When is Rahu Kalam in Hyderabad on 23 December 2027?

1:38 pm to 3:01 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:42 am to 8:05 am and Gulikai 9:28 am to 10:52 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Hyderabad on 23 December 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:42 am to 8:05 am, Labh 12:15 pm to 1:38 pm, Shubh 4:25 pm to 5:48 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:53 am to 12:37 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Hyderabad on 23 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 3:28 am on Friday 24 December.

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.