Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Saturday, 13 March 2027

Saturday 13 March 2027

Rahu Kalam9:31 am – 11:01 am
Yamagandam2:02 pm – 3:33 pm
Gulikai6:30 am – 8:01 am
TithiShukla Panchami until 1:55 pm

Sunrise 6:30 am, sunset 6:34 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 1:55 pm

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

Nakshatra · Bharani

until 11:03 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 · Vaidhriti

until 7:31 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 · Balava

until 1:55 pm; then Kaulava until 1:16 am Sunday

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

9:31 am – 11:01 am

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

Yamagandam

2:02 pm – 3:33 pm

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

Gulikai

6:30 am – 8:01 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 Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
6:30 am – 8:01 amKaalavoid
8:01 am – 9:31 amShubhgood
9:31 am – 11:01 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
11:01 am – 12:32 pmUdvegavoid
12:32 pm – 2:02 pmCharneutral
2:02 pm – 3:33 pmLabhgood
3:33 pm – 5:03 pmAmritgood
5:03 pm – 6:34 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:34 pm – 8:03 pmLabhgood
8:03 pm – 9:33 pmUdvegavoid
9:33 pm – 11:02 pmShubhgood
11:02 pm – 12:32 amAmritgood
12:32 am – 2:01 amCharneutral
2:01 am – 3:31 amRogavoid
3:31 am – 5:00 amKaalavoid
5:00 am – 6:30 amLabhgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:08 pm – 12:56 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:55 am, moonset 10:45 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: Saturn on a Saturday.

6:30 am – 7:30 amSaturn
7:30 am – 8:31 amJupiter
8:31 am – 9:31 amMars
9:31 am – 10:31 amSun
10:31 am – 11:32 amVenus
11:32 am – 12:32 pmMercury
12:32 pm – 1:32 pmMoon
1:32 pm – 2:32 pmSaturn
2:32 pm – 3:33 pmJupiter
3:33 pm – 4:33 pmMars
4:33 pm – 5:33 pmSun
5:33 pm – 6:34 pmVenus
6:34 pm – 7:33 pmMercury
7:33 pm – 8:33 pmMoon
8:33 pm – 9:33 pmSaturn
9:33 pm – 10:32 pmJupiter
10:32 pm – 11:32 pmMars
11:32 pm – 12:32 amSun
12:32 am – 1:31 amVenus
1:31 am – 2:31 amMercury
2:31 am – 3:31 amMoon
3:31 am – 4:30 amSaturn
4:30 am – 5:30 amJupiter
5:30 am – 6:30 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 11:03 am, tithi and karana at 1:55 pm, yoga at 7:31 pm, karana at 1:16 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:31 am in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 13 March 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 1:55 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:30 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 13 March 2027?

9:31 am to 11:01 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 2:02 pm to 3:33 pm and Gulikai 6:30 am to 8:01 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 13 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 8:01 am to 9:31 am, Labh 2:02 pm to 3:33 pm, Amrit 3:33 pm to 5:03 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:08 pm to 12:56 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 13 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:55 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.