Shastra Panchangam

Mumbai, Sunday, 27 December 2026

Sunday 27 December 2026

Rahu Kalam4:47 pm – 6:09 pm
Yamagandam12:39 pm – 2:02 pm
Gulikai3:24 pm – 4:47 pm
TithiKrishna Chaturthi until 5:14 pm

Sunrise 7:10 am, sunset 6:09 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Chaturthi

until 5:14 pm

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

Nakshatra · Ashlesha

until 6:05 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 8:54 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 · Balava

until 5:14 pm; then Kaulava until 4:01 am Monday

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

4:47 pm – 6:09 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:39 pm – 2:02 pm

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

Gulikai

3:24 pm – 4:47 pm

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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.

Day
7:10 am – 8:32 amUdvegavoid
8:32 am – 9:54 amCharneutral
9:54 am – 11:17 amLabhgood
11:17 am – 12:39 pmAmritgood
12:39 pm – 2:02 pmKaalavoid
2:02 pm – 3:24 pmShubhgood
3:24 pm – 4:47 pmRogavoid
4:47 pm – 6:09 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
6:09 pm – 7:47 pmShubhgood
7:47 pm – 9:24 pmAmritgood
9:24 pm – 11:02 pmCharneutral
11:02 pm – 12:40 amRogavoid
12:40 am – 2:17 amKaalavoid
2:17 am – 3:55 amLabhgood
3:55 am – 5:32 amUdvegavoid
5:32 am – 7:10 amShubhgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:17 pm – 1:01 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:55 pm, moonset 10:00 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: the Sun on a Sunday.

7:10 am – 8:05 amSun
8:05 am – 8:59 amVenus
8:59 am – 9:54 amMercury
9:54 am – 10:49 amMoon
10:49 am – 11:44 amSaturn
11:44 am – 12:39 pmJupiter
12:39 pm – 1:34 pmMars
1:34 pm – 2:29 pmSun
2:29 pm – 3:24 pmVenus
3:24 pm – 4:19 pmMercury
4:19 pm – 5:14 pmMoon
5:14 pm – 6:09 pmSaturn
6:09 pm – 7:14 pmJupiter
7:14 pm – 8:19 pmMars
8:19 pm – 9:24 pmSun
9:24 pm – 10:30 pmVenus
10:30 pm – 11:35 pmMercury
11:35 pm – 12:40 amMoon
12:40 am – 1:45 amSaturn
1:45 am – 2:50 amJupiter
2:50 am – 3:55 amMars
3:55 am – 5:00 amSun
5:00 am – 6:05 amVenus
6:05 am – 7:10 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 82 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 5:14 pm, nakshatra at 6:05 pm, yoga at 8:54 pm, karana at 4:01 am Monday.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:47 pm in Mumbai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Mumbai on 27 December 2026?

Krishna Chaturthi, until 5:14 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (7:10 am in Mumbai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Mumbai on 27 December 2026?

4:47 pm to 6:09 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:39 pm to 2:02 pm and Gulikai 3:24 pm to 4:47 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Mumbai on 27 December 2026?

During daylight: Labh 9:54 am to 11:17 am, Amrit 11:17 am to 12:39 pm, Shubh 2:02 pm to 3:24 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:17 pm to 1:01 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Mumbai on 27 December 2026?

Moonrise is at 9:55 pm.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Mumbai (19.0760°N, 72.8777°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.