Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, 25 March 2027

Thursday 25 March 2027

Rahu Kalam2:00 pm – 3:31 pm
Yamagandam6:24 am – 7:55 am
Gulikai9:26 am – 10:57 am
TithiKrishna Tritiya until 12:38 pm

Sunrise 6:24 am, sunset 6:33 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Tritiya

until 12:38 pm

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

Nakshatra · Swati

until 7:40 pm

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

Yoga · Vyaghata

until 7:32 am; then Harshana until 6:22 am Friday

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 · Vishti

until 12:38 pm; then Bava until 12:36 am Friday

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:24 am to 12:38 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

2:00 pm – 3:31 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:24 am – 7:55 am

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

Gulikai

9:26 am – 10:57 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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.

Day
6:24 am – 7:55 amShubhgood
7:55 am – 9:26 amRogavoid
9:26 am – 10:57 amUdvegavoid
10:57 am – 12:28 pmCharneutral
12:28 pm – 2:00 pmLabhgood
2:00 pm – 3:31 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:31 pm – 5:02 pmKaalavoid
5:02 pm – 6:33 pmShubhgood
Night
6:33 pm – 8:02 pmAmritgood
8:02 pm – 9:31 pmCharneutral
9:31 pm – 10:59 pmRogavoid
10:59 pm – 12:28 amKaalavoid
12:28 am – 1:57 amLabhgood
1:57 am – 3:26 amUdvegavoid
3:26 am – 4:55 amShubhgood
4:55 am – 6:23 amAmritgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

12:04 pm – 12:53 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:12 pm, moonset 8:13 am.

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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

6:24 am – 7:25 amJupiter
7:25 am – 8:25 amMars
8:25 am – 9:26 amSun
9:26 am – 10:27 amVenus
10:27 am – 11:28 amMercury
11:28 am – 12:28 pmMoon
12:28 pm – 1:29 pmSaturn
1:29 pm – 2:30 pmJupiter
2:30 pm – 3:31 pmMars
3:31 pm – 4:31 pmSun
4:31 pm – 5:32 pmVenus
5:32 pm – 6:33 pmMercury
6:33 pm – 7:32 pmMoon
7:32 pm – 8:31 pmSaturn
8:31 pm – 9:31 pmJupiter
9:31 pm – 10:30 pmMars
10:30 pm – 11:29 pmSun
11:29 pm – 12:28 amVenus
12:28 am – 1:27 amMercury
1:27 am – 2:27 amMoon
2:27 am – 3:26 amSaturn
3:26 am – 4:25 amJupiter
4:25 am – 5:24 amMars
5:24 am – 6:23 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 7:32 am, tithi and karana at 12:38 pm, nakshatra at 7:40 pm, karana at 12:36 am Friday, yoga at 6:22 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:00 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 25 March 2027?

Krishna Tritiya, until 12:38 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:24 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 25 March 2027?

2:00 pm to 3:31 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:24 am to 7:55 am and Gulikai 9:26 am to 10:57 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 25 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:24 am to 7:55 am, Labh 12:28 pm to 2:00 pm, Shubh 5:02 pm to 6:33 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:04 pm to 12:53 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 25 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:12 pm.

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.