Shastra Panchangam

Lucknow, Tuesday, 16 March 2027

Tuesday 16 March 2027

Rahu Kalam3:15 pm – 4:45 pm
Yamagandam9:15 am – 10:45 am
Gulikai12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
TithiShukla Ashtami until 8:55 am

Sunrise 6:15 am, sunset 6:15 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

3:15 pm – 4:45 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:15 am – 10:45 am

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

Gulikai

12:15 pm – 1:45 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
6:15 am – 7:45 amRogavoid
7:45 am – 9:15 amUdvegavoid
9:15 am – 10:45 amCharneutral
10:45 am – 12:15 pmLabhgood
12:15 pm – 1:45 pmAmritgood
1:45 pm – 3:15 pmKaalavoid
3:15 pm – 4:45 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:45 pm – 6:15 pmRogavoid
Night
6:15 pm – 7:45 pmKaalavoid
7:45 pm – 9:15 pmLabhgood
9:15 pm – 10:45 pmUdvegavoid
10:45 pm – 12:15 amShubhgood
12:15 am – 1:44 amAmritgood
1:44 am – 3:14 amCharneutral
3:14 am – 4:44 amRogavoid
4:44 am – 6:14 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

11:51 am – 12:39 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 11:50 am, moonset 2:13 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.

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

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours, 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 3:15 pm in Lucknow.

Questions

What is the tithi in Lucknow on 16 March 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 8:55 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:15 am in Lucknow).

When is Rahu Kalam in Lucknow on 16 March 2027?

3:15 pm to 4:45 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:15 am to 10:45 am and Gulikai 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm.

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

During daylight: Labh 10:45 am to 12:15 pm, Amrit 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:51 am to 12:39 pm.

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

Moonrise is at 11:50 am.

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

How this was computed
Calculated for Lucknow (26.8467°N, 80.9462°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.