Shastra Panchangam

Kozhikode, Tuesday, 16 March 2027

Tuesday 16 March 2027

Rahu Kalam3:37 pm – 5:07 pm
Yamagandam9:35 am – 11:05 am
Gulikai12:36 pm – 2:06 pm
TithiShukla Ashtami until 8:55 am

Sunrise 6:34 am, sunset 6:38 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ashtami

until 8:55 am

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

Nakshatra · Mrigashira

until 8:13 am

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Ayushman

until 11:51 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 · Bava

until 8:55 am; then Balava until 7:51 pm

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

3:37 pm – 5:07 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:35 am – 11:05 am

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

Gulikai

12:36 pm – 2:06 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
6:34 am – 8:04 amRogavoid
8:04 am – 9:35 amUdvegavoid
9:35 am – 11:05 amCharneutral
11:05 am – 12:36 pmLabhgood
12:36 pm – 2:06 pmAmritgood
2:06 pm – 3:37 pmKaalavoid
3:37 pm – 5:07 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
5:07 pm – 6:38 pmRogavoid
Night
6:38 pm – 8:07 pmKaalavoid
8:07 pm – 9:37 pmLabhgood
9:37 pm – 11:06 pmUdvegavoid
11:06 pm – 12:35 amShubhgood
12:35 am – 2:05 amAmritgood
2:05 am – 3:34 amCharneutral
3:34 am – 5:04 amRogavoid
5:04 am – 6:33 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

12:12 pm – 1:00 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:50 pm, moonset 1:59 am Wednesday.

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.

6:34 am – 7:34 amMars
7:34 am – 8:34 amSun
8:34 am – 9:35 amVenus
9:35 am – 10:35 amMercury
10:35 am – 11:35 amMoon
11:35 am – 12:36 pmSaturn
12:36 pm – 1:36 pmJupiter
1:36 pm – 2:36 pmMars
2:36 pm – 3:37 pmSun
3:37 pm – 4:37 pmVenus
4:37 pm – 5:37 pmMercury
5:37 pm – 6:38 pmMoon
6:38 pm – 7:37 pmSaturn
7:37 pm – 8:37 pmJupiter
8:37 pm – 9:37 pmMars
9:37 pm – 10:36 pmSun
10:36 pm – 11:36 pmVenus
11:36 pm – 12:35 amMercury
12:35 am – 1:35 amMoon
1:35 am – 2:35 amSaturn
2:35 am – 3:34 amJupiter
3:34 am – 4:34 amMars
4:34 am – 5:33 amSun
5:33 am – 6:33 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 4 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 8:13 am, tithi and karana at 8:55 am, yoga at 11:51 am, karana at 7:51 pm.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:37 pm in Kozhikode.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kozhikode on 16 March 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 8:55 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:34 am in Kozhikode).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kozhikode on 16 March 2027?

3:37 pm to 5:07 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:35 am to 11:05 am and Gulikai 12:36 pm to 2:06 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kozhikode on 16 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 11:05 am to 12:36 pm, Amrit 12:36 pm to 2:06 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:12 pm to 1:00 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Kozhikode on 16 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 12:50 pm.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Kozhikode (11.2588°N, 75.7804°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.