Mumbai, Thursday, 18 March 2027
Thursday 18 March 2027
The next day, Friday 19 March
Sunrise 6:45 am, sunset 6:49 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi
until 1:52 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Pushya
until 3:21 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 · Atiganda
until 2:35 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 · Vanija
until 3:08 pm; then Vishti until 1:52 am Friday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:08 pm to 1:52 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
2:17 pm – 3:48 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:45 am – 8:15 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:46 am – 11:16 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:45 am – 8:15 am | Shubh | good |
| 8:15 am – 9:46 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:46 am – 11:16 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 11:16 am – 12:47 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:47 pm – 2:17 pm | Labh | good |
| 2:17 pm – 3:48 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:48 pm – 5:18 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 5:18 pm – 6:49 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:49 pm – 8:18 pm | Amrit | good |
| 8:18 pm – 9:48 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:48 pm – 11:17 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 11:17 pm – 12:46 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:46 am – 2:16 am | Labh | good |
| 2:16 am – 3:45 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:45 am – 5:14 am | Shubh | good |
| 5:14 am – 6:44 am | Amrit | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
12:23 pm – 1:11 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 2:54 pm, moonset 4:11 am Friday.
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.
| 6:45 am – 7:45 am | Jupiter |
| 7:45 am – 8:45 am | Mars |
| 8:45 am – 9:46 am | Sun |
| 9:46 am – 10:46 am | Venus |
| 10:46 am – 11:46 am | Mercury |
| 11:46 am – 12:47 pm | Moon |
| 12:47 pm – 1:47 pm | Saturn |
| 1:47 pm – 2:48 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:48 pm – 3:48 pm | Mars |
| 3:48 pm – 4:48 pm | Sun |
| 4:48 pm – 5:49 pm | Venus |
| 5:49 pm – 6:49 pm | Mercury |
| 6:49 pm – 7:49 pm | Moon |
| 7:49 pm – 8:48 pm | Saturn |
| 8:48 pm – 9:48 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:48 pm – 10:47 pm | Mars |
| 10:47 pm – 11:47 pm | Sun |
| 11:47 pm – 12:46 am | Venus |
| 12:46 am – 1:46 am | Mercury |
| 1:46 am – 2:45 am | Moon |
| 2:45 am – 3:45 am | Saturn |
| 3:45 am – 4:45 am | Jupiter |
| 4:45 am – 5:44 am | Mars |
| 5:44 am – 6:44 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 4 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:08 pm, tithi and karana at 1:52 am Friday, yoga at 2:35 am Friday, nakshatra at 3:21 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:17 pm in Mumbai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Mumbai on 18 March 2027?
Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:45 am in Mumbai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Mumbai on 18 March 2027?
2:17 pm to 3:48 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:45 am to 8:15 am and Gulikai 9:46 am to 11:16 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Mumbai on 18 March 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 6:45 am to 8:15 am, Labh 12:47 pm to 2:17 pm, Shubh 5:18 pm to 6:49 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:23 pm to 1:11 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Mumbai on 18 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 2:54 pm.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Mumbai (19.0760°N, 72.8777°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.