Shastra Panchangam

Mumbai, Sunday, 17 January 2027

Sunday 17 January 2027

Rahu Kalam4:59 pm – 6:22 pm
Yamagandam12:49 pm – 2:12 pm
Gulikai3:35 pm – 4:59 pm
TithiShukla Navami until 12:27 pm

Sunrise 7:15 am, sunset 6:22 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Navami

until 12:27 pm

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

Nakshatra · Bharani

until 10:43 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 · Sadhya

until 12:24 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 · Kaulava

until 12:27 pm; then Taitila until 11:33 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

4:59 pm – 6:22 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:49 pm – 2:12 pm

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

Gulikai

3:35 pm – 4:59 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
7:15 am – 8:38 amUdvegavoid
8:38 am – 10:02 amCharneutral
10:02 am – 11:25 amLabhgood
11:25 am – 12:49 pmAmritgood
12:49 pm – 2:12 pmKaalavoid
2:12 pm – 3:35 pmShubhgood
3:35 pm – 4:59 pmRogavoid
4:59 pm – 6:22 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
6:22 pm – 7:59 pmShubhgood
7:59 pm – 9:35 pmAmritgood
9:35 pm – 11:12 pmCharneutral
11:12 pm – 12:49 amRogavoid
12:49 am – 2:25 amKaalavoid
2:25 am – 4:02 amLabhgood
4:02 am – 5:38 amUdvegavoid
5:38 am – 7:15 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

12:26 pm – 1:11 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:11 pm, moonset 2:38 am Monday.

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.

7:15 am – 8:10 amSun
8:10 am – 9:06 amVenus
9:06 am – 10:02 amMercury
10:02 am – 10:57 amMoon
10:57 am – 11:53 amSaturn
11:53 am – 12:49 pmJupiter
12:49 pm – 1:44 pmMars
1:44 pm – 2:40 pmSun
2:40 pm – 3:35 pmVenus
3:35 pm – 4:31 pmMercury
4:31 pm – 5:27 pmMoon
5:27 pm – 6:22 pmSaturn
6:22 pm – 7:27 pmJupiter
7:27 pm – 8:31 pmMars
8:31 pm – 9:35 pmSun
9:35 pm – 10:40 pmVenus
10:40 pm – 11:44 pmMercury
11:44 pm – 12:49 amMoon
12:49 am – 1:53 amSaturn
1:53 am – 2:57 amJupiter
2:57 am – 4:02 amMars
4:02 am – 5:06 amSun
5:06 am – 6:10 amVenus
6:10 am – 7:15 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 8 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 84 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 12:24 pm, tithi and karana at 12:27 pm, nakshatra at 10:43 pm, karana at 11:33 pm.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:59 pm in Mumbai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Mumbai on 17 January 2027?

Shukla Navami, until 12:27 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (7:15 am in Mumbai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Mumbai on 17 January 2027?

4:59 pm to 6:22 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:49 pm to 2:12 pm and Gulikai 3:35 pm to 4:59 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Mumbai on 17 January 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:02 am to 11:25 am, Amrit 11:25 am to 12:49 pm, Shubh 2:12 pm to 3:35 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:26 pm to 1:11 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Mumbai on 17 January 2027?

Moonrise is at 1:11 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.