Shastra Panchangam

Lucknow, Thursday, 19 August 2027

Thursday 19 August 2027

Rahu Kalam1:47 pm – 3:25 pm
Yamagandam5:39 am – 7:17 am
Gulikai8:55 am – 10:32 am
TithiKrishna Dwitiya until 5:16 pm

Sunrise 5:39 am, sunset 6:40 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Dwitiya

until 5:16 pm

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

Nakshatra · Purva Bhadrapada

until 7:39 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 · Sukarma

until 2:52 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 · Gara

until 5:16 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

1:47 pm – 3:25 pm

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

Yamagandam

5:39 am – 7:17 am

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

Gulikai

8:55 am – 10:32 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
5:39 am – 7:17 amShubhgood
7:17 am – 8:55 amRogavoid
8:55 am – 10:32 amUdvegavoid
10:32 am – 12:10 pmCharneutral
12:10 pm – 1:47 pmLabhgood
1:47 pm – 3:25 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:25 pm – 5:03 pmKaalavoid
5:03 pm – 6:40 pmShubhgood
Night
6:40 pm – 8:03 pmAmritgood
8:03 pm – 9:25 pmCharneutral
9:25 pm – 10:48 pmRogavoid
10:48 pm – 12:10 amKaalavoid
12:10 am – 1:32 amLabhgood
1:32 am – 2:55 amUdvegavoid
2:55 am – 4:17 amShubhgood
4:17 am – 5:40 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

11:44 am – 12:36 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 7:43 pm, moonset 7:08 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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

5:39 am – 6:44 amJupiter
6:44 am – 7:49 amMars
7:49 am – 8:55 amSun
8:55 am – 10:00 amVenus
10:00 am – 11:05 amMercury
11:05 am – 12:10 pmMoon
12:10 pm – 1:15 pmSaturn
1:15 pm – 2:20 pmJupiter
2:20 pm – 3:25 pmMars
3:25 pm – 4:30 pmSun
4:30 pm – 5:35 pmVenus
5:35 pm – 6:40 pmMercury
6:40 pm – 7:35 pmMoon
7:35 pm – 8:30 pmSaturn
8:30 pm – 9:25 pmJupiter
9:25 pm – 10:20 pmMars
10:20 pm – 11:15 pmSun
11:15 pm – 12:10 amVenus
12:10 am – 1:05 amMercury
1:05 am – 2:00 amMoon
2:00 am – 2:55 amSaturn
2:55 am – 3:50 amJupiter
3:50 am – 4:45 amMars
4:45 am – 5:40 amSun

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: tithi and karana at 5:16 pm, yoga at 2:52 am Friday. The nakshatra runs on past the next sunrise, until 7:39 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:47 pm in Lucknow.

Questions

What is the tithi in Lucknow on 19 August 2027?

Krishna Dwitiya, until 5:16 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:39 am in Lucknow).

When is Rahu Kalam in Lucknow on 19 August 2027?

1:47 pm to 3:25 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 5:39 am to 7:17 am and Gulikai 8:55 am to 10:32 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Lucknow on 19 August 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 5:39 am to 7:17 am, Labh 12:10 pm to 1:47 pm, Shubh 5:03 pm to 6:40 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:44 am to 12:36 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Lucknow on 19 August 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:43 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.