Shastra Panchangam

Kochi, Friday, 24 September 2027

Friday 24 September 2027

Rahu Kalam10:46 am – 12:17 pm
Yamagandam3:19 pm – 4:49 pm
Gulikai7:45 am – 9:15 am
TithiKrishna Navami until 12:55 am Saturday

Pitru Paksha

Sunrise 6:14 am, sunset 6:20 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

On this day

  • Pitru Paksha continues until Wednesday 29 September; the shraddha day for each tithi is on the Pitru Paksha page. Pitru Paksha 2027

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Navami

until 12:55 am Saturday

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

Nakshatra · Ardra

until 3:59 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 · Variyana

until 8:53 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 1:59 pm; then Gara until 12:55 am Saturday

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

10:46 am – 12:17 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:19 pm – 4:49 pm

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

Gulikai

7:45 am – 9:15 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 Friday the day starts with Char.

Day
6:14 am – 7:45 amCharneutral
7:45 am – 9:15 amLabhgood
9:15 am – 10:46 amAmritgood
10:46 am – 12:17 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:17 pm – 1:48 pmShubhgood
1:48 pm – 3:19 pmRogavoid
3:19 pm – 4:49 pmUdvegavoid
4:49 pm – 6:20 pmCharneutral
Night
6:20 pm – 7:49 pmRogavoid
7:49 pm – 9:19 pmKaalavoid
9:19 pm – 10:48 pmLabhgood
10:48 pm – 12:17 amUdvegavoid
12:17 am – 1:46 amShubhgood
1:46 am – 3:15 amAmritgood
3:15 am – 4:45 amCharneutral
4:45 am – 6:14 amRogavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:53 am – 12:41 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:25 am Saturday, moonset 1:24 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: Venus on a Friday.

6:14 am – 7:14 amVenus
7:14 am – 8:15 amMercury
8:15 am – 9:15 amMoon
9:15 am – 10:16 amSaturn
10:16 am – 11:16 amJupiter
11:16 am – 12:17 pmMars
12:17 pm – 1:18 pmSun
1:18 pm – 2:18 pmVenus
2:18 pm – 3:19 pmMercury
3:19 pm – 4:19 pmMoon
4:19 pm – 5:20 pmSaturn
5:20 pm – 6:20 pmJupiter
6:20 pm – 7:20 pmMars
7:20 pm – 8:19 pmSun
8:19 pm – 9:19 pmVenus
9:19 pm – 10:18 pmMercury
10:18 pm – 11:18 pmMoon
11:18 pm – 12:17 amSaturn
12:17 am – 1:16 amJupiter
1:16 am – 2:16 amMars
2:16 am – 3:15 amSun
3:15 am – 4:15 amVenus
4:15 am – 5:14 amMercury
5:14 am – 6:14 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:59 pm, nakshatra at 3:59 pm, yoga at 8:53 pm, tithi and karana at 12:55 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:46 am in Kochi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kochi on 24 September 2027?

Krishna Navami, until 12:55 am Saturday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:14 am in Kochi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kochi on 24 September 2027?

10:46 am to 12:17 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:19 pm to 4:49 pm and Gulikai 7:45 am to 9:15 am.

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

During daylight: Labh 7:45 am to 9:15 am, Amrit 9:15 am to 10:46 am, Shubh 12:17 pm to 1:48 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:53 am to 12:41 pm.

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

Moonrise is at 1:25 am on Saturday 25 September.

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.