Shastra Panchangam

Kochi, Saturday, 13 March 2027

Saturday 13 March 2027

Rahu Kalam9:34 am – 11:04 am
Yamagandam2:05 pm – 3:35 pm
Gulikai6:33 am – 8:04 am
TithiShukla Panchami until 1:55 pm

Sunrise 6:33 am, sunset 6:36 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 1:55 pm

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

Nakshatra · Bharani

until 11:03 am

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 7:31 pm

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 1:55 pm; then Kaulava until 1:16 am Sunday

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

9:34 am – 11:04 am

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

Yamagandam

2:05 pm – 3:35 pm

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

Gulikai

6:33 am – 8:04 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
6:33 am – 8:04 amKaalavoid
8:04 am – 9:34 amShubhgood
9:34 am – 11:04 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
11:04 am – 12:35 pmUdvegavoid
12:35 pm – 2:05 pmCharneutral
2:05 pm – 3:35 pmLabhgood
3:35 pm – 5:06 pmAmritgood
5:06 pm – 6:36 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:36 pm – 8:06 pmLabhgood
8:06 pm – 9:35 pmUdvegavoid
9:35 pm – 11:05 pmShubhgood
11:05 pm – 12:34 amAmritgood
12:34 am – 2:04 amCharneutral
2:04 am – 3:33 amRogavoid
3:33 am – 5:03 amKaalavoid
5:03 am – 6:33 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

12:10 pm – 12:59 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:55 am, moonset 10:51 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.

6:33 am – 7:33 amSaturn
7:33 am – 8:34 amJupiter
8:34 am – 9:34 amMars
9:34 am – 10:34 amSun
10:34 am – 11:34 amVenus
11:34 am – 12:35 pmMercury
12:35 pm – 1:35 pmMoon
1:35 pm – 2:35 pmSaturn
2:35 pm – 3:35 pmJupiter
3:35 pm – 4:36 pmMars
4:36 pm – 5:36 pmSun
5:36 pm – 6:36 pmVenus
6:36 pm – 7:36 pmMercury
7:36 pm – 8:35 pmMoon
8:35 pm – 9:35 pmSaturn
9:35 pm – 10:35 pmJupiter
10:35 pm – 11:35 pmMars
11:35 pm – 12:34 amSun
12:34 am – 1:34 amVenus
1:34 am – 2:34 amMercury
2:34 am – 3:33 amMoon
3:33 am – 4:33 amSaturn
4:33 am – 5:33 amJupiter
5:33 am – 6:33 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 11:03 am, tithi and karana at 1:55 pm, yoga at 7:31 pm, karana at 1:16 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:34 am in Kochi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kochi on 13 March 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 1:55 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:33 am in Kochi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kochi on 13 March 2027?

9:34 am to 11:04 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 2:05 pm to 3:35 pm and Gulikai 6:33 am to 8:04 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kochi on 13 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 8:04 am to 9:34 am, Labh 2:05 pm to 3:35 pm, Amrit 3:35 pm to 5:06 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:10 pm to 12:59 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Kochi on 13 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:55 am.

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

How this was computed
Calculated for Kochi (9.9312°N, 76.2673°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.