Shastra Panchangam

Lucknow, Saturday, 24 April 2027

Saturday 24 April 2027

Rahu Kalam8:49 am – 10:27 am
Yamagandam1:42 pm – 3:20 pm
Gulikai5:34 am – 7:12 am
TithiKrishna Chaturthi until 5:42 am Sunday

Sunrise 5:34 am, sunset 6:35 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Chaturthi

until 5:42 am Sunday

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

Nakshatra · Anuradha

until 6:57 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 · Variyana

until 1:58 pm

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 4:57 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

8:49 am – 10:27 am

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

Yamagandam

1:42 pm – 3:20 pm

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

Gulikai

5:34 am – 7:12 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 Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
5:34 am – 7:12 amKaalavoid
7:12 am – 8:49 amShubhgood
8:49 am – 10:27 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:27 am – 12:05 pmUdvegavoid
12:05 pm – 1:42 pmCharneutral
1:42 pm – 3:20 pmLabhgood
3:20 pm – 4:57 pmAmritgood
4:57 pm – 6:35 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:35 pm – 7:57 pmLabhgood
7:57 pm – 9:20 pmUdvegavoid
9:20 pm – 10:42 pmShubhgood
10:42 pm – 12:04 amAmritgood
12:04 am – 1:26 amCharneutral
1:26 am – 2:49 amRogavoid
2:49 am – 4:11 amKaalavoid
4:11 am – 5:33 amLabhgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:39 am – 12:31 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 10:11 pm, moonset 7:31 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: Saturn on a Saturday.

5:34 am – 6:39 amSaturn
6:39 am – 7:44 amJupiter
7:44 am – 8:49 amMars
8:49 am – 9:54 amSun
9:54 am – 11:00 amVenus
11:00 am – 12:05 pmMercury
12:05 pm – 1:10 pmMoon
1:10 pm – 2:15 pmSaturn
2:15 pm – 3:20 pmJupiter
3:20 pm – 4:25 pmMars
4:25 pm – 5:30 pmSun
5:30 pm – 6:35 pmVenus
6:35 pm – 7:30 pmMercury
7:30 pm – 8:25 pmMoon
8:25 pm – 9:20 pmSaturn
9:20 pm – 10:14 pmJupiter
10:14 pm – 11:09 pmMars
11:09 pm – 12:04 amSun
12:04 am – 12:59 amVenus
12:59 am – 1:54 amMercury
1:54 am – 2:49 amMoon
2:49 am – 3:44 amSaturn
3:44 am – 4:38 amJupiter
4:38 am – 5:33 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 1 minute, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 6:57 am, yoga at 1:58 pm, karana at 4:57 pm. The tithi runs on past the next sunrise, until 5:42 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 8:49 am in Lucknow.

Questions

What is the tithi in Lucknow on 24 April 2027?

Krishna Chaturthi, until 5:42 am Sunday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:34 am in Lucknow).

When is Rahu Kalam in Lucknow on 24 April 2027?

8:49 am to 10:27 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:42 pm to 3:20 pm and Gulikai 5:34 am to 7:12 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Lucknow on 24 April 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:12 am to 8:49 am, Labh 1:42 pm to 3:20 pm, Amrit 3:20 pm to 4:57 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:39 am to 12:31 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Lucknow on 24 April 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:11 pm.

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.