Shastra Panchangam

Kochi, Sunday, 3 October 2027

Sunday 3 October 2027

Rahu Kalam4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Yamagandam12:14 pm – 1:44 pm
Gulikai3:14 pm – 4:45 pm
TithiShukla Chaturthi until 1:29 am Monday

Sunrise 6:13 am, sunset 6:15 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi

until 1:29 am Monday

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

Nakshatra · Vishakha

until 12:00 am Monday

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 1:45 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 · Vanija

until 1:43 pm; then Vishti until 1:29 am Monday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 1:43 pm to 1:29 am Monday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

4:45 pm – 6:15 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:14 pm – 1:44 pm

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

Gulikai

3:14 pm – 4:45 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
6:13 am – 7:43 amUdvegavoid
7:43 am – 9:14 amCharneutral
9:14 am – 10:44 amLabhgood
10:44 am – 12:14 pmAmritgood
12:14 pm – 1:44 pmKaalavoid
1:44 pm – 3:14 pmShubhgood
3:14 pm – 4:45 pmRogavoid
4:45 pm – 6:15 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
6:15 pm – 7:45 pmShubhgood
7:45 pm – 9:14 pmAmritgood
9:14 pm – 10:44 pmCharneutral
10:44 pm – 12:14 amRogavoid
12:14 am – 1:44 amKaalavoid
1:44 am – 3:14 amLabhgood
3:14 am – 4:43 amUdvegavoid
4:43 am – 6:13 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

11:50 am – 12:38 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:01 am, moonset 8:43 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.

6:13 am – 7:13 amSun
7:13 am – 8:14 amVenus
8:14 am – 9:14 amMercury
9:14 am – 10:14 amMoon
10:14 am – 11:14 amSaturn
11:14 am – 12:14 pmJupiter
12:14 pm – 1:14 pmMars
1:14 pm – 2:14 pmSun
2:14 pm – 3:14 pmVenus
3:14 pm – 4:15 pmMercury
4:15 pm – 5:15 pmMoon
5:15 pm – 6:15 pmSaturn
6:15 pm – 7:15 pmJupiter
7:15 pm – 8:15 pmMars
8:15 pm – 9:14 pmSun
9:14 pm – 10:14 pmVenus
10:14 pm – 11:14 pmMercury
11:14 pm – 12:14 amMoon
12:14 am – 1:14 amSaturn
1:14 am – 2:14 amJupiter
2:14 am – 3:14 amMars
3:14 am – 4:13 amSun
4:13 am – 5:13 amVenus
5:13 am – 6:13 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:43 pm, yoga at 1:45 pm, nakshatra at 12:00 am Monday, tithi and karana at 1:29 am Monday.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:45 pm in Kochi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kochi on 3 October 2027?

Shukla Chaturthi, until 1:29 am Monday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:13 am in Kochi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kochi on 3 October 2027?

4:45 pm to 6:15 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:14 pm to 1:44 pm and Gulikai 3:14 pm to 4:45 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kochi on 3 October 2027?

During daylight: Labh 9:14 am to 10:44 am, Amrit 10:44 am to 12:14 pm, Shubh 1:44 pm to 3:14 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:50 am to 12:38 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Kochi on 3 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:01 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.