Shastra Panchangam

Lucknow, Thursday, 29 April 2027

Thursday 29 April 2027

Rahu Kalam1:42 pm – 3:21 pm
Yamagandam5:30 am – 7:08 am
Gulikai8:47 am – 10:25 am
TithiKrishna Ashtami until 3:02 pm

Sunrise 5:30 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 · Krishna Ashtami

until 3:02 pm

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

Nakshatra · Shravana

until 8:31 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 · Shubha

until 5:43 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 · Kaulava

until 3:02 pm; then Taitila until 4:11 am Friday

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

1:42 pm – 3:21 pm

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

Yamagandam

5:30 am – 7:08 am

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

Gulikai

8:47 am – 10:25 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
5:30 am – 7:08 amShubhgood
7:08 am – 8:47 amRogavoid
8:47 am – 10:25 amUdvegavoid
10:25 am – 12:04 pmCharneutral
12:04 pm – 1:42 pmLabhgood
1:42 pm – 3:21 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:21 pm – 4:59 pmKaalavoid
4:59 pm – 6:38 pmShubhgood
Night
6:38 pm – 7:59 pmAmritgood
7:59 pm – 9:21 pmCharneutral
9:21 pm – 10:42 pmRogavoid
10:42 pm – 12:03 amKaalavoid
12:03 am – 1:25 amLabhgood
1:25 am – 2:46 amUdvegavoid
2:46 am – 4:08 amShubhgood
4:08 am – 5:29 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

11:38 am – 12:30 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:40 am Friday, moonset 12:02 pm.

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.

5:30 am – 6:36 amJupiter
6:36 am – 7:41 amMars
7:41 am – 8:47 amSun
8:47 am – 9:53 amVenus
9:53 am – 10:58 amMercury
10:58 am – 12:04 pmMoon
12:04 pm – 1:09 pmSaturn
1:09 pm – 2:15 pmJupiter
2:15 pm – 3:21 pmMars
3:21 pm – 4:26 pmSun
4:26 pm – 5:32 pmVenus
5:32 pm – 6:38 pmMercury
6:38 pm – 7:32 pmMoon
7:32 pm – 8:26 pmSaturn
8:26 pm – 9:21 pmJupiter
9:21 pm – 10:15 pmMars
10:15 pm – 11:09 pmSun
11:09 pm – 12:03 amVenus
12:03 am – 12:58 amMercury
12:58 am – 1:52 amMoon
1:52 am – 2:46 amSaturn
2:46 am – 3:41 amJupiter
3:41 am – 4:35 amMars
4:35 am – 5:29 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 8 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 3:02 pm, yoga at 5:43 pm, nakshatra at 8:31 pm, karana at 4:11 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:42 pm in Lucknow.

Questions

What is the tithi in Lucknow on 29 April 2027?

Krishna Ashtami, until 3:02 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:30 am in Lucknow).

When is Rahu Kalam in Lucknow on 29 April 2027?

1:42 pm to 3:21 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 5:30 am to 7:08 am and Gulikai 8:47 am to 10:25 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Lucknow on 29 April 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 5:30 am to 7:08 am, Labh 12:04 pm to 1:42 pm, Shubh 4:59 pm to 6:38 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:38 am to 12:30 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Lucknow on 29 April 2027?

Moonrise is at 1:40 am on Friday 30 April.

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.