Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday, 14 March 2027

Sunday 14 March 2027

Rahu Kalam5:03 pm – 6:34 pm
Yamagandam12:32 pm – 2:02 pm
Gulikai3:33 pm – 5:03 pm
TithiShukla Shashti until 12:32 pm

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Shashti

until 12:32 pm

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

Nakshatra · Krittika

until 10:24 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 · Vishkambha

until 5:11 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 · Taitila

until 12:32 pm; then Gara until 11:44 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

5:03 pm – 6:34 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:32 pm – 2:02 pm

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

Gulikai

3:33 pm – 5:03 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.

Day
6:30 am – 8:00 amUdvegavoid
8:00 am – 9:31 amCharneutral
9:31 am – 11:01 amLabhgood
11:01 am – 12:32 pmAmritgood
12:32 pm – 2:02 pmKaalavoid
2:02 pm – 3:33 pmShubhgood
3:33 pm – 5:03 pmRogavoid
5:03 pm – 6:34 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
6:34 pm – 8:03 pmShubhgood
8:03 pm – 9:32 pmAmritgood
9:32 pm – 11:02 pmCharneutral
11:02 pm – 12:31 amRogavoid
12:31 am – 2:01 amKaalavoid
2:01 am – 3:30 amLabhgood
3:30 am – 5:00 amUdvegavoid
5:00 am – 6:29 amShubhgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:07 pm – 12:56 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 10:49 am, moonset 11:46 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: the Sun on a Sunday.

6:30 am – 7:30 amSun
7:30 am – 8:30 amVenus
8:30 am – 9:31 amMercury
9:31 am – 10:31 amMoon
10:31 am – 11:31 amSaturn
11:31 am – 12:32 pmJupiter
12:32 pm – 1:32 pmMars
1:32 pm – 2:32 pmSun
2:32 pm – 3:33 pmVenus
3:33 pm – 4:33 pmMercury
4:33 pm – 5:33 pmMoon
5:33 pm – 6:34 pmSaturn
6:34 pm – 7:33 pmJupiter
7:33 pm – 8:33 pmMars
8:33 pm – 9:32 pmSun
9:32 pm – 10:32 pmVenus
10:32 pm – 11:32 pmMercury
11:32 pm – 12:31 amMoon
12:31 am – 1:31 amSaturn
1:31 am – 2:31 amJupiter
2:31 am – 3:30 amMars
3:30 am – 4:30 amSun
4:30 am – 5:30 amVenus
5:30 am – 6:29 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 4 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 10:24 am, tithi and karana at 12:32 pm, yoga at 5:11 pm, karana at 11:44 pm.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 5:03 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 14 March 2027?

Shukla Shashti, until 12:32 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:30 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 14 March 2027?

5:03 pm to 6:34 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:32 pm to 2:02 pm and Gulikai 3:33 pm to 5:03 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 14 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 9:31 am to 11:01 am, Amrit 11:01 am to 12:32 pm, Shubh 2:02 pm to 3:33 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:07 pm to 12:56 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 14 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:49 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.