Lucknow, Thursday, 18 March 2027
Thursday 18 March 2027
The next day, Friday 19 March
Sunrise 6:13 am, sunset 6:16 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
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:13 am – 7:43 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:14 am – 10:44 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:13 am – 7:43 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:43 am – 9:14 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:14 am – 10:44 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:44 am – 12:15 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:15 pm – 1:45 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:15 pm – 4:46 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:46 pm – 6:16 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:16 pm – 7:46 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:46 pm – 9:15 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:15 pm – 10:45 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:45 pm – 12:14 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:14 am – 1:43 am | Labh | good |
| 1:43 am – 3:13 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:13 am – 4:42 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:42 am – 6:12 am | Amrit | good |
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 – 12:39 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 2:06 pm, moonset 3:50 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.
| 6:13 am – 7:13 am | Jupiter |
| 7:13 am – 8:13 am | Mars |
| 8:13 am – 9:14 am | Sun |
| 9:14 am – 10:14 am | Venus |
| 10:14 am – 11:14 am | Mercury |
| 11:14 am – 12:15 pm | Moon |
| 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | Saturn |
| 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm | Mars |
| 3:15 pm – 4:16 pm | Sun |
| 4:16 pm – 5:16 pm | Venus |
| 5:16 pm – 6:16 pm | Mercury |
| 6:16 pm – 7:16 pm | Moon |
| 7:16 pm – 8:16 pm | Saturn |
| 8:16 pm – 9:15 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:15 pm – 10:15 pm | Mars |
| 10:15 pm – 11:14 pm | Sun |
| 11:14 pm – 12:14 am | Venus |
| 12:14 am – 1:14 am | Mercury |
| 1:14 am – 2:13 am | Moon |
| 2:13 am – 3:13 am | Saturn |
| 3:13 am – 4:12 am | Jupiter |
| 4:12 am – 5:12 am | Mars |
| 5:12 am – 6:12 am | Sun |
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: 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 1:45 pm in Lucknow.
Questions
What is the tithi in Lucknow on 18 March 2027?
Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:13 am in Lucknow).
When is Rahu Kalam in Lucknow on 18 March 2027?
1:45 pm to 3:15 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:13 am to 7:43 am and Gulikai 9:14 am to 10:44 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Lucknow on 18 March 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 6:13 am to 7:43 am, Labh 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm, Shubh 4:46 pm to 6:16 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:50 am to 12:39 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Lucknow on 18 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 2:06 pm.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Lucknow (26.8467°N, 80.9462°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.