Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, 30 September 2027

Thursday 30 September 2027

Rahu Kalam1:43 pm – 3:13 pm
Yamagandam6:10 am – 7:41 am
Gulikai9:11 am – 10:42 am
TithiAmavasya until 8:06 am

Sharad Navratri

Sunrise 6:10 am, sunset 6:14 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

On this day

Panchangam details

Tithi · Amavasya

until 8:06 am; then Shukla Pratipada until 5:36 am Friday

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

Nakshatra · Hasta

until 2:12 am Friday

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

Yoga · Brahma

until 9:09 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 · Naga

until 8:06 am; then Kimstughna until 6:48 pm; then Bava until 5:36 am Friday

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

1:43 pm – 3:13 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:10 am – 7:41 am

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

Gulikai

9:11 am – 10:42 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
6:10 am – 7:41 amShubhgood
7:41 am – 9:11 amRogavoid
9:11 am – 10:42 amUdvegavoid
10:42 am – 12:12 pmCharneutral
12:12 pm – 1:43 pmLabhgood
1:43 pm – 3:13 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:13 pm – 4:44 pmKaalavoid
4:44 pm – 6:14 pmShubhgood
Night
6:14 pm – 7:44 pmAmritgood
7:44 pm – 9:13 pmCharneutral
9:13 pm – 10:43 pmRogavoid
10:43 pm – 12:12 amKaalavoid
12:12 am – 1:42 amLabhgood
1:42 am – 3:11 amUdvegavoid
3:11 am – 4:41 amShubhgood
4:41 am – 6:10 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

11:48 am – 12:36 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

The Moon does not rise in Thiruvananthapuram between this sunrise and the next; it sets at 6:17 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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

6:10 am – 7:11 amJupiter
7:11 am – 8:11 amMars
8:11 am – 9:11 amSun
9:11 am – 10:12 amVenus
10:12 am – 11:12 amMercury
11:12 am – 12:12 pmMoon
12:12 pm – 1:13 pmSaturn
1:13 pm – 2:13 pmJupiter
2:13 pm – 3:13 pmMars
3:13 pm – 4:14 pmSun
4:14 pm – 5:14 pmVenus
5:14 pm – 6:14 pmMercury
6:14 pm – 7:14 pmMoon
7:14 pm – 8:14 pmSaturn
8:14 pm – 9:13 pmJupiter
9:13 pm – 10:13 pmMars
10:13 pm – 11:13 pmSun
11:13 pm – 12:12 amVenus
12:12 am – 1:12 amMercury
1:12 am – 2:12 amMoon
2:12 am – 3:11 amSaturn
3:11 am – 4:11 amJupiter
4:11 am – 5:11 amMars
5:11 am – 6:10 amSun

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: tithi and karana at 8:06 am, karana at 6:48 pm, yoga at 9:09 pm, nakshatra at 2:12 am Friday, tithi and karana at 5:36 am Friday. Shukla Pratipada begins and ends within the day, so no sunrise names it.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:43 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 30 September 2027?

Amavasya, until 8:06 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 30 September 2027?

1:43 pm to 3:13 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:10 am to 7:41 am and Gulikai 9:11 am to 10:42 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 30 September 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:10 am to 7:41 am, Labh 12:12 pm to 1:43 pm, Shubh 4:44 pm to 6:14 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:48 am to 12:36 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 30 September 2027?

The Moon does not rise in Thiruvananthapuram between this sunrise and the next. It rises a little later each day, and about once a month that carries moonrise past the next sunrise.

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.