Shastra Panchangam

Lucknow, Friday, 13 August 2027

Friday 13 August 2027

Rahu Kalam10:32 am – 12:11 pm
Yamagandam3:28 pm – 5:07 pm
Gulikai7:15 am – 8:54 am
TithiShukla Dwadashi until 5:22 am Saturday

Sunrise 5:36 am, sunset 6:46 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Dwadashi

until 5:22 am Saturday

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

Nakshatra · Moola

until 2:20 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 · Vishkambha

until 9:30 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 4:09 pm; then Balava until 5:22 am Saturday

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

10:32 am – 12:11 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:28 pm – 5:07 pm

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

Gulikai

7:15 am – 8:54 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 Friday the day starts with Char.

Day
5:36 am – 7:15 amCharneutral
7:15 am – 8:54 amLabhgood
8:54 am – 10:32 amAmritgood
10:32 am – 12:11 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:11 pm – 1:50 pmShubhgood
1:50 pm – 3:28 pmRogavoid
3:28 pm – 5:07 pmUdvegavoid
5:07 pm – 6:46 pmCharneutral
Night
6:46 pm – 8:07 pmRogavoid
8:07 pm – 9:28 pmKaalavoid
9:28 pm – 10:50 pmLabhgood
10:50 pm – 12:11 amUdvegavoid
12:11 am – 1:33 amShubhgood
1:33 am – 2:54 amAmritgood
2:54 am – 4:15 amCharneutral
4:15 am – 5:37 amRogavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:45 am – 12:37 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 4:20 pm, moonset 2:39 am Saturday.

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: Venus on a Friday.

5:36 am – 6:42 amVenus
6:42 am – 7:48 amMercury
7:48 am – 8:54 amMoon
8:54 am – 9:59 amSaturn
9:59 am – 11:05 amJupiter
11:05 am – 12:11 pmMars
12:11 pm – 1:17 pmSun
1:17 pm – 2:23 pmVenus
2:23 pm – 3:28 pmMercury
3:28 pm – 4:34 pmMoon
4:34 pm – 5:40 pmSaturn
5:40 pm – 6:46 pmJupiter
6:46 pm – 7:40 pmMars
7:40 pm – 8:34 pmSun
8:34 pm – 9:28 pmVenus
9:28 pm – 10:23 pmMercury
10:23 pm – 11:17 pmMoon
11:17 pm – 12:11 amSaturn
12:11 am – 1:06 amJupiter
1:06 am – 2:00 amMars
2:00 am – 2:54 amSun
2:54 am – 3:48 amVenus
3:48 am – 4:43 amMercury
4:43 am – 5:37 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 99 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 2:20 pm, karana at 4:09 pm, yoga at 9:30 pm, tithi and karana at 5:22 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:32 am in Lucknow.

Questions

What is the tithi in Lucknow on 13 August 2027?

Shukla Dwadashi, until 5:22 am Saturday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:36 am in Lucknow).

When is Rahu Kalam in Lucknow on 13 August 2027?

10:32 am to 12:11 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:28 pm to 5:07 pm and Gulikai 7:15 am to 8:54 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Lucknow on 13 August 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:15 am to 8:54 am, Amrit 8:54 am to 10:32 am, Shubh 12:11 pm to 1:50 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:45 am to 12:37 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Lucknow on 13 August 2027?

Moonrise is at 4:20 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.