Shastra Panchangam

Kochi, Tuesday, 23 March 2027

Tuesday 23 March 2027

Rahu Kalam3:34 pm – 5:05 pm
Yamagandam9:30 am – 11:01 am
Gulikai12:32 pm – 2:03 pm
TithiKrishna Pratipada until 2:29 pm

Sunrise 6:28 am, sunset 6:36 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Pratipada

until 2:29 pm

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

Nakshatra · Hasta

until 7:50 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 · Vriddhi

until 11:28 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 · Kaulava

until 2:29 pm; then Taitila until 1:47 am Wednesday

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

3:34 pm – 5:05 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:30 am – 11:01 am

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

Gulikai

12:32 pm – 2:03 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
6:28 am – 7:59 amRogavoid
7:59 am – 9:30 amUdvegavoid
9:30 am – 11:01 amCharneutral
11:01 am – 12:32 pmLabhgood
12:32 pm – 2:03 pmAmritgood
2:03 pm – 3:34 pmKaalavoid
3:34 pm – 5:05 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
5:05 pm – 6:36 pmRogavoid
Night
6:36 pm – 8:05 pmKaalavoid
8:05 pm – 9:34 pmLabhgood
9:34 pm – 11:03 pmUdvegavoid
11:03 pm – 12:31 amShubhgood
12:31 am – 2:00 amAmritgood
2:00 am – 3:29 amCharneutral
3:29 am – 4:58 amRogavoid
4:58 am – 6:27 amKaalavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:07 pm – 12:56 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 7:31 pm, moonset 6:45 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: Mars on a Tuesday.

6:28 am – 7:28 amMars
7:28 am – 8:29 amSun
8:29 am – 9:30 amVenus
9:30 am – 10:30 amMercury
10:30 am – 11:31 amMoon
11:31 am – 12:32 pmSaturn
12:32 pm – 1:32 pmJupiter
1:32 pm – 2:33 pmMars
2:33 pm – 3:34 pmSun
3:34 pm – 4:34 pmVenus
4:34 pm – 5:35 pmMercury
5:35 pm – 6:36 pmMoon
6:36 pm – 7:35 pmSaturn
7:35 pm – 8:34 pmJupiter
8:34 pm – 9:34 pmMars
9:34 pm – 10:33 pmSun
10:33 pm – 11:32 pmVenus
11:32 pm – 12:31 amMercury
12:31 am – 1:31 amMoon
1:31 am – 2:30 amSaturn
2:30 am – 3:29 amJupiter
3:29 am – 4:28 amMars
4:28 am – 5:28 amSun
5:28 am – 6:27 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 8 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:28 am, tithi and karana at 2:29 pm, nakshatra at 7:50 pm, karana at 1:47 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:34 pm in Kochi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kochi on 23 March 2027?

Krishna Pratipada, until 2:29 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:28 am in Kochi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kochi on 23 March 2027?

3:34 pm to 5:05 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:30 am to 11:01 am and Gulikai 12:32 pm to 2:03 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kochi on 23 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 11:01 am to 12:32 pm, Amrit 12:32 pm to 2:03 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:07 pm to 12:56 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Kochi on 23 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:31 pm.

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.