Shastra Panchangam

Mumbai, Friday, 24 December 2027

Friday 24 December 2027

Rahu Kalam11:15 am – 12:38 pm
Yamagandam3:23 pm – 4:45 pm
Gulikai8:30 am – 9:53 am
TithiKrishna Dwadashi until 11:09 pm

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Dwadashi

until 11:09 pm

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

Nakshatra · Vishakha

until 12:51 am Saturday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Sukarma

until 10:18 am

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 11:07 am; then Taitila until 11:09 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

11:15 am – 12:38 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:23 pm – 4:45 pm

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

Gulikai

8:30 am – 9:53 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 Friday the day starts with Char.

Day
7:08 am – 8:30 amCharneutral
8:30 am – 9:53 amLabhgood
9:53 am – 11:15 amAmritgood
11:15 am – 12:38 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:38 pm – 2:00 pmShubhgood
2:00 pm – 3:23 pmRogavoid
3:23 pm – 4:45 pmUdvegavoid
4:45 pm – 6:08 pmCharneutral
Night
6:08 pm – 7:45 pmRogavoid
7:45 pm – 9:23 pmKaalavoid
9:23 pm – 11:00 pmLabhgood
11:00 pm – 12:38 amUdvegavoid
12:38 am – 2:16 amShubhgood
2:16 am – 3:53 amAmritgood
3:53 am – 5:31 amCharneutral
5:31 am – 7:09 amRogavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:16 pm – 1:00 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 4:52 am Saturday, moonset 3:04 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: Venus on a Friday.

7:08 am – 8:03 amVenus
8:03 am – 8:58 amMercury
8:58 am – 9:53 amMoon
9:53 am – 10:48 amSaturn
10:48 am – 11:43 amJupiter
11:43 am – 12:38 pmMars
12:38 pm – 1:33 pmSun
1:33 pm – 2:28 pmVenus
2:28 pm – 3:23 pmMercury
3:23 pm – 4:18 pmMoon
4:18 pm – 5:13 pmSaturn
5:13 pm – 6:08 pmJupiter
6:08 pm – 7:13 pmMars
7:13 pm – 8:18 pmSun
8:18 pm – 9:23 pmVenus
9:23 pm – 10:28 pmMercury
10:28 pm – 11:33 pmMoon
11:33 pm – 12:38 amSaturn
12:38 am – 1:43 amJupiter
1:43 am – 2:48 amMars
2:48 am – 3:53 amSun
3:53 am – 4:58 amVenus
4:58 am – 6:03 amMercury
6:03 am – 7:09 amMoon

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: yoga at 10:18 am, karana at 11:07 am, tithi and karana at 11:09 pm, nakshatra at 12:51 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 11:15 am in Mumbai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Mumbai on 24 December 2027?

Krishna Dwadashi, until 11:09 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (7:08 am in Mumbai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Mumbai on 24 December 2027?

11:15 am to 12:38 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:23 pm to 4:45 pm and Gulikai 8:30 am to 9:53 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Mumbai on 24 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 8:30 am to 9:53 am, Amrit 9:53 am to 11:15 am, Shubh 12:38 pm to 2:00 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:16 pm to 1:00 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Mumbai on 24 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 4:52 am on Saturday 25 December.

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.