Shastra Panchangam

Mumbai, Tuesday, 28 December 2027

Tuesday 28 December 2027

Rahu Kalam3:25 pm – 4:47 pm
Yamagandam9:55 am – 11:17 am
Gulikai12:40 pm – 2:02 pm
TithiShukla Pratipada until 3:29 am Wednesday

Sunrise 7:10 am, sunset 6:10 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Pratipada

until 3:29 am Wednesday

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

Nakshatra · Purva Ashadha

until 7:26 am Wednesday

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

Yoga · Vriddhi

until 8:01 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 · Kimstughna

until 2:32 pm; then Bava until 3:29 am Wednesday

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

3:25 pm – 4:47 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:55 am – 11:17 am

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

Gulikai

12:40 pm – 2:02 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
7:10 am – 8:32 amRogavoid
8:32 am – 9:55 amUdvegavoid
9:55 am – 11:17 amCharneutral
11:17 am – 12:40 pmLabhgood
12:40 pm – 2:02 pmAmritgood
2:02 pm – 3:25 pmKaalavoid
3:25 pm – 4:47 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:47 pm – 6:10 pmRogavoid
Night
6:10 pm – 7:47 pmKaalavoid
7:47 pm – 9:25 pmLabhgood
9:25 pm – 11:02 pmUdvegavoid
11:02 pm – 12:40 amShubhgood
12:40 am – 2:18 amAmritgood
2:18 am – 3:55 amCharneutral
3:55 am – 5:33 amRogavoid
5:33 am – 7:10 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

12:18 pm – 1:02 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 7:34 am, moonset 6:35 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.

7:10 am – 8:05 amMars
8:05 am – 9:00 amSun
9:00 am – 9:55 amVenus
9:55 am – 10:50 amMercury
10:50 am – 11:45 amMoon
11:45 am – 12:40 pmSaturn
12:40 pm – 1:35 pmJupiter
1:35 pm – 2:30 pmMars
2:30 pm – 3:25 pmSun
3:25 pm – 4:20 pmVenus
4:20 pm – 5:15 pmMercury
5:15 pm – 6:10 pmMoon
6:10 pm – 7:15 pmSaturn
7:15 pm – 8:20 pmJupiter
8:20 pm – 9:25 pmMars
9:25 pm – 10:30 pmSun
10:30 pm – 11:35 pmVenus
11:35 pm – 12:40 amMercury
12:40 am – 1:45 amMoon
1:45 am – 2:50 amSaturn
2:50 am – 3:55 amJupiter
3:55 am – 5:00 amMars
5:00 am – 6:05 amSun
6:05 am – 7:10 amVenus

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 8:01 am, karana at 2:32 pm, tithi and karana at 3:29 am Wednesday. The nakshatra runs on past the next sunrise, until 7:26 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:25 pm in Mumbai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Mumbai on 28 December 2027?

Shukla Pratipada, until 3:29 am Wednesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (7:10 am in Mumbai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Mumbai on 28 December 2027?

3:25 pm to 4:47 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:55 am to 11:17 am and Gulikai 12:40 pm to 2:02 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Mumbai on 28 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 11:17 am to 12:40 pm, Amrit 12:40 pm to 2:02 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:18 pm to 1:02 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Mumbai on 28 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:34 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.