Shastra Panchangam

Mumbai, Tuesday, 12 January 2027

Tuesday 12 January 2027

Rahu Kalam3:33 pm – 4:56 pm
Yamagandam10:00 am – 11:24 am
Gulikai12:47 pm – 2:10 pm
TithiShukla Chaturthi until 11:30 am

Sunrise 7:14 am, sunset 6:19 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi

until 11:30 am

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

Nakshatra · Shatabhisha

until 8:14 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 · Vyatipata

until 5:58 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 · Vishti

until 11:30 am; then Bava until 12:20 am Wednesday

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

Bhadra Karanam runs from 7:14 am to 11:30 am. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

3:33 pm – 4:56 pm

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

Yamagandam

10:00 am – 11:24 am

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

Gulikai

12:47 pm – 2:10 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
7:14 am – 8:37 amRogavoid
8:37 am – 10:00 amUdvegavoid
10:00 am – 11:24 amCharneutral
11:24 am – 12:47 pmLabhgood
12:47 pm – 2:10 pmAmritgood
2:10 pm – 3:33 pmKaalavoid
3:33 pm – 4:56 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:56 pm – 6:19 pmRogavoid
Night
6:19 pm – 7:56 pmKaalavoid
7:56 pm – 9:33 pmLabhgood
9:33 pm – 11:10 pmUdvegavoid
11:10 pm – 12:47 amShubhgood
12:47 am – 2:24 amAmritgood
2:24 am – 4:01 amCharneutral
4:01 am – 5:37 amRogavoid
5:37 am – 7:14 amKaalavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:25 pm – 1:09 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 10:06 am, moonset 10:03 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: Mars on a Tuesday.

7:14 am – 8:10 amMars
8:10 am – 9:05 amSun
9:05 am – 10:00 amVenus
10:00 am – 10:56 amMercury
10:56 am – 11:51 amMoon
11:51 am – 12:47 pmSaturn
12:47 pm – 1:42 pmJupiter
1:42 pm – 2:38 pmMars
2:38 pm – 3:33 pmSun
3:33 pm – 4:28 pmVenus
4:28 pm – 5:24 pmMercury
5:24 pm – 6:19 pmMoon
6:19 pm – 7:24 pmSaturn
7:24 pm – 8:28 pmJupiter
8:28 pm – 9:33 pmMars
9:33 pm – 10:38 pmSun
10:38 pm – 11:42 pmVenus
11:42 pm – 12:47 amMercury
12:47 am – 1:51 amMoon
1:51 am – 2:56 amSaturn
2:56 am – 4:01 amJupiter
4:01 am – 5:05 amMars
5:05 am – 6:10 amSun
6:10 am – 7:14 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 11:30 am, yoga at 5:58 pm, nakshatra at 8:14 pm, karana at 12:20 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:33 pm in Mumbai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Mumbai on 12 January 2027?

Shukla Chaturthi, until 11:30 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (7:14 am in Mumbai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Mumbai on 12 January 2027?

3:33 pm to 4:56 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 10:00 am to 11:24 am and Gulikai 12:47 pm to 2:10 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Mumbai on 12 January 2027?

During daylight: Labh 11:24 am to 12:47 pm, Amrit 12:47 pm to 2:10 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:25 pm to 1:09 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Mumbai on 12 January 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:06 am.

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.