Shastra Panchangam

Kochi, Wednesday, 24 March 2027

Wednesday 24 March 2027

Rahu Kalam12:31 pm – 2:03 pm
Yamagandam7:58 am – 9:29 am
Gulikai11:00 am – 12:31 pm
TithiKrishna Dwitiya until 1:15 pm

Sunrise 6:27 am, sunset 6:36 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Dwitiya

until 1:15 pm

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

Nakshatra · Chitra

until 7:26 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 · Dhruva

until 9:15 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 · Gara

until 1:15 pm; then Vanija until 12:51 am Thursday

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

Bhadra Karanam runs from 12:51 am to 12:38 pm on Thursday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

12:31 pm – 2:03 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:58 am – 9:29 am

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

Gulikai

11:00 am – 12:31 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 Wednesday the day starts with Labh.

Day
6:27 am – 7:58 amLabhgood
7:58 am – 9:29 amAmritgood
9:29 am – 11:00 amKaalavoid
11:00 am – 12:31 pmShubhgood
12:31 pm – 2:03 pmRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
2:03 pm – 3:34 pmUdvegavoid
3:34 pm – 5:05 pmCharneutral
5:05 pm – 6:36 pmLabhgood
Night
6:36 pm – 8:05 pmUdvegavoid
8:05 pm – 9:33 pmShubhgood
9:33 pm – 11:02 pmAmritgood
11:02 pm – 12:31 amCharneutral
12:31 am – 2:00 amRogavoid
2:00 am – 3:29 amKaalavoid
3:29 am – 4:58 amLabhgood
4:58 am – 6:26 amUdvegavoid

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; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 8:24 pm, moonset 7:28 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: Mercury on a Wednesday.

6:27 am – 7:28 amMercury
7:28 am – 8:28 amMoon
8:28 am – 9:29 amSaturn
9:29 am – 10:30 amJupiter
10:30 am – 11:31 amMars
11:31 am – 12:31 pmSun
12:31 pm – 1:32 pmVenus
1:32 pm – 2:33 pmMercury
2:33 pm – 3:34 pmMoon
3:34 pm – 4:34 pmSaturn
4:34 pm – 5:35 pmJupiter
5:35 pm – 6:36 pmMars
6:36 pm – 7:35 pmSun
7:35 pm – 8:34 pmVenus
8:34 pm – 9:33 pmMercury
9:33 pm – 10:33 pmMoon
10:33 pm – 11:32 pmSaturn
11:32 pm – 12:31 amJupiter
12:31 am – 1:30 amMars
1:30 am – 2:30 amSun
2:30 am – 3:29 amVenus
3:29 am – 4:28 amMercury
4:28 am – 5:27 amMoon
5:27 am – 6:26 amSaturn

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 9:15 am, tithi and karana at 1:15 pm, nakshatra at 7:26 pm, karana at 12:51 am Thursday.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 12:31 pm in Kochi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kochi on 24 March 2027?

Krishna Dwitiya, until 1:15 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:27 am in Kochi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kochi on 24 March 2027?

12:31 pm to 2:03 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 7:58 am to 9:29 am and Gulikai 11:00 am to 12:31 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kochi on 24 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 6:27 am to 7:58 am, Amrit 7:58 am to 9:29 am, Shubh 11:00 am to 12:31 pm, Labh 5:05 pm to 6:36 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:07 pm to 12:56 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

When does the Moon rise in Kochi on 24 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 8:24 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.