Shastra Panchangam

Lucknow, Friday, 24 September 2027

Friday 24 September 2027

Rahu Kalam10:27 am – 11:58 am
Yamagandam3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Gulikai7:26 am – 8:57 am
TithiKrishna Navami until 12:55 am Saturday

Pitru Paksha

Sunrise 5:55 am, sunset 6:01 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

On this day

  • Pitru Paksha continues until Wednesday 29 September; the shraddha day for each tithi is on the Pitru Paksha page. Pitru Paksha 2027

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Navami

until 12:55 am Saturday

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

Nakshatra · Ardra

until 3:59 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 · Variyana

until 8:53 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 · Taitila

until 1:59 pm; then Gara until 12:55 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

10:27 am – 11:58 am

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

Yamagandam

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

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

Gulikai

7:26 am – 8:57 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
5:55 am – 7:26 amCharneutral
7:26 am – 8:57 amLabhgood
8:57 am – 10:27 amAmritgood
10:27 am – 11:58 amKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
11:58 am – 1:29 pmShubhgood
1:29 pm – 3:00 pmRogavoid
3:00 pm – 4:30 pmUdvegavoid
4:30 pm – 6:01 pmCharneutral
Night
6:01 pm – 7:31 pmRogavoid
7:31 pm – 9:00 pmKaalavoid
9:00 pm – 10:29 pmLabhgood
10:29 pm – 11:58 pmUdvegavoid
11:58 pm – 1:28 amShubhgood
1:28 am – 2:57 amAmritgood
2:57 am – 4:26 amCharneutral
4:26 am – 5:56 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

11:34 am – 12:22 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:30 am Saturday, moonset 1:42 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: Venus on a Friday.

5:55 am – 6:56 amVenus
6:56 am – 7:56 amMercury
7:56 am – 8:57 amMoon
8:57 am – 9:57 amSaturn
9:57 am – 10:58 amJupiter
10:58 am – 11:58 amMars
11:58 am – 12:59 pmSun
12:59 pm – 1:59 pmVenus
1:59 pm – 3:00 pmMercury
3:00 pm – 4:00 pmMoon
4:00 pm – 5:01 pmSaturn
5:01 pm – 6:01 pmJupiter
6:01 pm – 7:01 pmMars
7:01 pm – 8:00 pmSun
8:00 pm – 9:00 pmVenus
9:00 pm – 9:59 pmMercury
9:59 pm – 10:59 pmMoon
10:59 pm – 11:58 pmSaturn
11:58 pm – 12:58 amJupiter
12:58 am – 1:57 amMars
1:57 am – 2:57 amSun
2:57 am – 3:57 amVenus
3:57 am – 4:56 amMercury
4:56 am – 5:56 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:59 pm, nakshatra at 3:59 pm, yoga at 8:53 pm, tithi and karana at 12:55 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:27 am in Lucknow.

Questions

What is the tithi in Lucknow on 24 September 2027?

Krishna Navami, until 12:55 am Saturday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:55 am in Lucknow).

When is Rahu Kalam in Lucknow on 24 September 2027?

10:27 am to 11:58 am, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm and Gulikai 7:26 am to 8:57 am.

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

During daylight: Labh 7:26 am to 8:57 am, Amrit 8:57 am to 10:27 am, Shubh 11:58 am to 1:29 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:34 am to 12:22 pm.

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

Moonrise is at 12:30 am on Saturday 25 September.

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.