Shastra Panchangam

Kochi, Sunday, 14 March 2027

Sunday 14 March 2027

Rahu Kalam5:06 pm – 6:36 pm
Yamagandam12:34 pm – 2:05 pm
Gulikai3:35 pm – 5:06 pm
TithiShukla Shashti until 12:32 pm

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Shashti

until 12:32 pm

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

Nakshatra · Krittika

until 10:24 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 · Vishkambha

until 5:11 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 · Taitila

until 12:32 pm; then Gara until 11:44 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

5:06 pm – 6:36 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:34 pm – 2:05 pm

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

Gulikai

3:35 pm – 5:06 pm

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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.

Day
6:33 am – 8:03 amUdvegavoid
8:03 am – 9:33 amCharneutral
9:33 am – 11:04 amLabhgood
11:04 am – 12:34 pmAmritgood
12:34 pm – 2:05 pmKaalavoid
2:05 pm – 3:35 pmShubhgood
3:35 pm – 5:06 pmRogavoid
5:06 pm – 6:36 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
6:36 pm – 8:06 pmShubhgood
8:06 pm – 9:35 pmAmritgood
9:35 pm – 11:05 pmCharneutral
11:05 pm – 12:34 amRogavoid
12:34 am – 2:04 amKaalavoid
2:04 am – 3:33 amLabhgood
3:33 am – 5:03 amUdvegavoid
5:03 am – 6:32 amShubhgood

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 – 12:58 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 10:49 am, moonset 11:52 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: the Sun on a Sunday.

6:33 am – 7:33 amSun
7:33 am – 8:33 amVenus
8:33 am – 9:33 amMercury
9:33 am – 10:34 amMoon
10:34 am – 11:34 amSaturn
11:34 am – 12:34 pmJupiter
12:34 pm – 1:35 pmMars
1:35 pm – 2:35 pmSun
2:35 pm – 3:35 pmVenus
3:35 pm – 4:35 pmMercury
4:35 pm – 5:36 pmMoon
5:36 pm – 6:36 pmSaturn
6:36 pm – 7:36 pmJupiter
7:36 pm – 8:35 pmMars
8:35 pm – 9:35 pmSun
9:35 pm – 10:35 pmVenus
10:35 pm – 11:34 pmMercury
11:34 pm – 12:34 amMoon
12:34 am – 1:34 amSaturn
1:34 am – 2:33 amJupiter
2:33 am – 3:33 amMars
3:33 am – 4:33 amSun
4:33 am – 5:32 amVenus
5:32 am – 6:32 amMercury

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 10:24 am, tithi and karana at 12:32 pm, yoga at 5:11 pm, karana at 11:44 pm.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 5:06 pm in Kochi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kochi on 14 March 2027?

Shukla Shashti, until 12:32 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:33 am in Kochi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kochi on 14 March 2027?

5:06 pm to 6:36 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:34 pm to 2:05 pm and Gulikai 3:35 pm to 5:06 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kochi on 14 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 9:33 am to 11:04 am, Amrit 11:04 am to 12:34 pm, Shubh 2:05 pm to 3:35 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:10 pm to 12:58 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Kochi on 14 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:49 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.