Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, 9 March 2027

Tuesday 9 March 2027

Rahu Kalam3:33 pm – 5:04 pm
Yamagandam9:33 am – 11:03 am
Gulikai12:33 pm – 2:03 pm
TithiShukla Pratipada until 3:41 pm

Sunrise 6:32 am, sunset 6:34 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 3:41 pm

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

Nakshatra · Purva Bhadrapada

until 9:58 am

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

Yoga · Shubha

until 1:58 am Wednesday

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 3:41 pm; then Balava until 3:51 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

3:33 pm – 5:04 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:33 am – 11:03 am

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

Gulikai

12:33 pm – 2:03 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
6:32 am – 8:02 amRogavoid
8:02 am – 9:33 amUdvegavoid
9:33 am – 11:03 amCharneutral
11:03 am – 12:33 pmLabhgood
12:33 pm – 2:03 pmAmritgood
2:03 pm – 3:33 pmKaalavoid
3:33 pm – 5:04 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
5:04 pm – 6:34 pmRogavoid
Night
6:34 pm – 8:03 pmKaalavoid
8:03 pm – 9:33 pmLabhgood
9:33 pm – 11:03 pmUdvegavoid
11:03 pm – 12:33 amShubhgood
12:33 am – 2:02 amAmritgood
2:02 am – 3:32 amCharneutral
3:32 am – 5:02 amRogavoid
5:02 am – 6:32 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

12:09 pm – 12:57 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 7:00 am, moonset 7:17 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.

6:32 am – 7:32 amMars
7:32 am – 8:32 amSun
8:32 am – 9:33 amVenus
9:33 am – 10:33 amMercury
10:33 am – 11:33 amMoon
11:33 am – 12:33 pmSaturn
12:33 pm – 1:33 pmJupiter
1:33 pm – 2:33 pmMars
2:33 pm – 3:33 pmSun
3:33 pm – 4:33 pmVenus
4:33 pm – 5:34 pmMercury
5:34 pm – 6:34 pmMoon
6:34 pm – 7:34 pmSaturn
7:34 pm – 8:33 pmJupiter
8:33 pm – 9:33 pmMars
9:33 pm – 10:33 pmSun
10:33 pm – 11:33 pmVenus
11:33 pm – 12:33 amMercury
12:33 am – 1:33 amMoon
1:33 am – 2:32 amSaturn
2:32 am – 3:32 amJupiter
3:32 am – 4:32 amMars
4:32 am – 5:32 amSun
5:32 am – 6:32 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 9:58 am, tithi and karana at 3:41 pm, yoga at 1:58 am Wednesday, karana at 3:51 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:33 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 March 2027?

Shukla Pratipada, until 3:41 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:32 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 March 2027?

3:33 pm to 5:04 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:33 am to 11:03 am and Gulikai 12:33 pm to 2:03 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 11:03 am to 12:33 pm, Amrit 12:33 pm to 2:03 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:09 pm to 12:57 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:00 am.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Thiruvananthapuram (8.5241°N, 76.9366°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.