Shastra Panchangam

Mumbai, Thursday, 20 May 2027

Thursday 20 May 2027

Rahu Kalam2:13 pm – 3:52 pm
Yamagandam6:02 am – 7:40 am
Gulikai9:19 am – 10:57 am
TithiPournami until 4:29 pm

Pournami

Sunrise 6:02 am, sunset 7:08 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

On this day

Panchangam details

Tithi · Pournami

until 4:29 pm

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

Nakshatra · Vishakha

until 1:21 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 · Parigha

until 10:26 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 · Bava

until 4:29 pm; then Balava until 4:53 am Friday

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

2:13 pm – 3:52 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:02 am – 7:40 am

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

Gulikai

9:19 am – 10:57 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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.

Day
6:02 am – 7:40 amShubhgood
7:40 am – 9:19 amRogavoid
9:19 am – 10:57 amUdvegavoid
10:57 am – 12:35 pmCharneutral
12:35 pm – 2:13 pmLabhgood
2:13 pm – 3:52 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:52 pm – 5:30 pmKaalavoid
5:30 pm – 7:08 pmShubhgood
Night
7:08 pm – 8:30 pmAmritgood
8:30 pm – 9:51 pmCharneutral
9:51 pm – 11:13 pmRogavoid
11:13 pm – 12:35 amKaalavoid
12:35 am – 1:57 amLabhgood
1:57 am – 3:18 amUdvegavoid
3:18 am – 4:40 amShubhgood
4:40 am – 6:02 amAmritgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:09 pm – 1:01 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 7:18 pm; the Moon does not set again before the next sunrise.

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.

6:02 am – 7:08 amJupiter
7:08 am – 8:13 amMars
8:13 am – 9:19 amSun
9:19 am – 10:24 amVenus
10:24 am – 11:30 amMercury
11:30 am – 12:35 pmMoon
12:35 pm – 1:41 pmSaturn
1:41 pm – 2:46 pmJupiter
2:46 pm – 3:52 pmMars
3:52 pm – 4:57 pmSun
4:57 pm – 6:02 pmVenus
6:02 pm – 7:08 pmMercury
7:08 pm – 8:02 pmMoon
8:02 pm – 8:57 pmSaturn
8:57 pm – 9:51 pmJupiter
9:51 pm – 10:46 pmMars
10:46 pm – 11:40 pmSun
11:40 pm – 12:35 amVenus
12:35 am – 1:29 amMercury
1:29 am – 2:24 amMoon
2:24 am – 3:18 amSaturn
3:18 am – 4:13 amJupiter
4:13 am – 5:07 amMars
5:07 am – 6:02 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 1:21 pm, tithi and karana at 4:29 pm, yoga at 10:26 pm, karana at 4:53 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:13 pm in Mumbai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Mumbai on 20 May 2027?

Pournami, until 4:29 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:02 am in Mumbai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Mumbai on 20 May 2027?

2:13 pm to 3:52 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:02 am to 7:40 am and Gulikai 9:19 am to 10:57 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Mumbai on 20 May 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:02 am to 7:40 am, Labh 12:35 pm to 2:13 pm, Shubh 5:30 pm to 7:08 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:09 pm to 1:01 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Mumbai on 20 May 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:18 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.