Shastra Panchangam

Kochi, Thursday, 25 March 2027

Thursday 25 March 2027

Rahu Kalam2:02 pm – 3:33 pm
Yamagandam6:26 am – 7:58 am
Gulikai9:29 am – 11:00 am
TithiKrishna Tritiya until 12:38 pm

Sunrise 6:26 am, sunset 6:36 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Tritiya

until 12:38 pm

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

Nakshatra · Swati

until 7:40 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 · Vyaghata

until 7:32 am; then Harshana until 6:22 am Friday

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 · Vishti

until 12:38 pm; then Bava until 12:36 am Friday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:26 am to 12:38 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

2:02 pm – 3:33 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:26 am – 7:58 am

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

Gulikai

9:29 am – 11:00 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
6:26 am – 7:58 amShubhgood
7:58 am – 9:29 amRogavoid
9:29 am – 11:00 amUdvegavoid
11:00 am – 12:31 pmCharneutral
12:31 pm – 2:02 pmLabhgood
2:02 pm – 3:33 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:33 pm – 5:05 pmKaalavoid
5:05 pm – 6:36 pmShubhgood
Night
6:36 pm – 8:05 pmAmritgood
8:05 pm – 9:33 pmCharneutral
9:33 pm – 11:02 pmRogavoid
11:02 pm – 12:31 amKaalavoid
12:31 am – 2:00 amLabhgood
2:00 am – 3:28 amUdvegavoid
3:28 am – 4:57 amShubhgood
4:57 am – 6:26 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

12:07 pm – 12:55 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:17 pm, moonset 8:13 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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

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

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 7:32 am, tithi and karana at 12:38 pm, nakshatra at 7:40 pm, karana at 12:36 am Friday, yoga at 6:22 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:02 pm in Kochi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kochi on 25 March 2027?

Krishna Tritiya, until 12:38 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:26 am in Kochi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kochi on 25 March 2027?

2:02 pm to 3:33 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:26 am to 7:58 am and Gulikai 9:29 am to 11:00 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kochi on 25 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:26 am to 7:58 am, Labh 12:31 pm to 2:02 pm, Shubh 5:05 pm to 6:36 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:07 pm to 12:55 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Kochi on 25 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:17 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.