Shastra Panchangam

Kozhikode, Thursday, 18 March 2027

Thursday 18 March 2027

Rahu Kalam2:06 pm – 3:36 pm
Yamagandam6:32 am – 8:03 am
Gulikai9:34 am – 11:04 am
TithiShukla Ekadashi until 1:52 am Friday

Sunrise 6:32 am, sunset 6:38 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi

until 1:52 am Friday

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

Nakshatra · Pushya

until 3:21 am Friday

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

Yoga · Atiganda

until 2:35 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 · Vanija

until 3:08 pm; then Vishti until 1:52 am Friday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:08 pm to 1:52 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

2:06 pm – 3:36 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:32 am – 8:03 am

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

Gulikai

9:34 am – 11:04 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
6:32 am – 8:03 amShubhgood
8:03 am – 9:34 amRogavoid
9:34 am – 11:04 amUdvegavoid
11:04 am – 12:35 pmCharneutral
12:35 pm – 2:06 pmLabhgood
2:06 pm – 3:36 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:36 pm – 5:07 pmKaalavoid
5:07 pm – 6:38 pmShubhgood
Night
6:38 pm – 8:07 pmAmritgood
8:07 pm – 9:36 pmCharneutral
9:36 pm – 11:06 pmRogavoid
11:06 pm – 12:35 amKaalavoid
12:35 am – 2:04 amLabhgood
2:04 am – 3:33 amUdvegavoid
3:33 am – 5:03 amShubhgood
5:03 am – 6:32 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

12:11 pm – 12:59 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 2:55 pm, moonset 3:48 am Friday.

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.

6:32 am – 7:33 amJupiter
7:33 am – 8:33 amMars
8:33 am – 9:34 amSun
9:34 am – 10:34 amVenus
10:34 am – 11:35 amMercury
11:35 am – 12:35 pmMoon
12:35 pm – 1:36 pmSaturn
1:36 pm – 2:36 pmJupiter
2:36 pm – 3:36 pmMars
3:36 pm – 4:37 pmSun
4:37 pm – 5:37 pmVenus
5:37 pm – 6:38 pmMercury
6:38 pm – 7:37 pmMoon
7:37 pm – 8:37 pmSaturn
8:37 pm – 9:36 pmJupiter
9:36 pm – 10:36 pmMars
10:36 pm – 11:35 pmSun
11:35 pm – 12:35 amVenus
12:35 am – 1:34 amMercury
1:34 am – 2:34 amMoon
2:34 am – 3:33 amSaturn
3:33 am – 4:33 amJupiter
4:33 am – 5:32 amMars
5:32 am – 6:32 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:08 pm, tithi and karana at 1:52 am Friday, yoga at 2:35 am Friday, nakshatra at 3:21 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:06 pm in Kozhikode.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kozhikode on 18 March 2027?

Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:32 am in Kozhikode).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kozhikode on 18 March 2027?

2:06 pm to 3:36 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:32 am to 8:03 am and Gulikai 9:34 am to 11:04 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kozhikode on 18 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:32 am to 8:03 am, Labh 12:35 pm to 2:06 pm, Shubh 5:07 pm to 6:38 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:11 pm to 12:59 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Kozhikode on 18 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 2:55 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.