Shastra Panchangam

Kozhikode, Wednesday, 24 March 2027

Wednesday 24 March 2027

Rahu Kalam12:33 pm – 2:04 pm
Yamagandam8:00 am – 9:31 am
Gulikai11:02 am – 12:33 pm
TithiKrishna Dwitiya until 1:15 pm

Sunrise 6:29 am, sunset 6:38 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Dwitiya

until 1:15 pm

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

Nakshatra · Chitra

until 7:26 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 · Dhruva

until 9:15 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 · Gara

until 1:15 pm; then Vanija until 12:51 am Thursday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 12:51 am to 12:38 pm on Thursday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

12:33 pm – 2:04 pm

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

Yamagandam

8:00 am – 9:31 am

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

Gulikai

11:02 am – 12:33 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 Wednesday the day starts with Labh.

Day
6:29 am – 8:00 amLabhgood
8:00 am – 9:31 amAmritgood
9:31 am – 11:02 amKaalavoid
11:02 am – 12:33 pmShubhgood
12:33 pm – 2:04 pmRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
2:04 pm – 3:36 pmUdvegavoid
3:36 pm – 5:07 pmCharneutral
5:07 pm – 6:38 pmLabhgood
Night
6:38 pm – 8:07 pmUdvegavoid
8:07 pm – 9:35 pmShubhgood
9:35 pm – 11:04 pmAmritgood
11:04 pm – 12:33 amCharneutral
12:33 am – 2:02 amRogavoid
2:02 am – 3:31 amKaalavoid
3:31 am – 4:59 amLabhgood
4:59 am – 6:28 amUdvegavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:09 pm – 12:58 pm. The muhurta around solar noon; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 8:27 pm, moonset 7:29 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: Mercury on a Wednesday.

6:29 am – 7:30 amMercury
7:30 am – 8:30 amMoon
8:30 am – 9:31 amSaturn
9:31 am – 10:32 amJupiter
10:32 am – 11:33 amMars
11:33 am – 12:33 pmSun
12:33 pm – 1:34 pmVenus
1:34 pm – 2:35 pmMercury
2:35 pm – 3:36 pmMoon
3:36 pm – 4:36 pmSaturn
4:36 pm – 5:37 pmJupiter
5:37 pm – 6:38 pmMars
6:38 pm – 7:37 pmSun
7:37 pm – 8:36 pmVenus
8:36 pm – 9:35 pmMercury
9:35 pm – 10:35 pmMoon
10:35 pm – 11:34 pmSaturn
11:34 pm – 12:33 amJupiter
12:33 am – 1:32 amMars
1:32 am – 2:31 amSun
2:31 am – 3:31 amVenus
3:31 am – 4:30 amMercury
4:30 am – 5:29 amMoon
5:29 am – 6:28 amSaturn

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 9:15 am, tithi and karana at 1:15 pm, nakshatra at 7:26 pm, karana at 12:51 am Thursday.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 12:33 pm in Kozhikode.

Questions

What is the tithi in Kozhikode on 24 March 2027?

Krishna Dwitiya, until 1:15 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:29 am in Kozhikode).

When is Rahu Kalam in Kozhikode on 24 March 2027?

12:33 pm to 2:04 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 8:00 am to 9:31 am and Gulikai 11:02 am to 12:33 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Kozhikode on 24 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 6:29 am to 8:00 am, Amrit 8:00 am to 9:31 am, Shubh 11:02 am to 12:33 pm, Labh 5:07 pm to 6:38 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:09 pm to 12:58 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

When does the Moon rise in Kozhikode on 24 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 8:27 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.