Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Saturday, 2 October 2027

Saturday 2 October 2027

Rahu Kalam9:11 am – 10:41 am
Yamagandam1:42 pm – 3:12 pm
Gulikai6:10 am – 7:41 am
TithiShukla Tritiya until 2:09 am Sunday

Sunrise 6:10 am, sunset 6:13 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Tritiya

until 2:09 am Sunday

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

Nakshatra · Swati

until 12:04 am Sunday

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 3:42 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 2:46 pm; then Gara until 2:09 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

9:11 am – 10:41 am

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

Yamagandam

1:42 pm – 3:12 pm

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

Gulikai

6:10 am – 7:41 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
6:10 am – 7:41 amKaalavoid
7:41 am – 9:11 amShubhgood
9:11 am – 10:41 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:41 am – 12:12 pmUdvegavoid
12:12 pm – 1:42 pmCharneutral
1:42 pm – 3:12 pmLabhgood
3:12 pm – 4:43 pmAmritgood
4:43 pm – 6:13 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:13 pm – 7:43 pmLabhgood
7:43 pm – 9:12 pmUdvegavoid
9:12 pm – 10:42 pmShubhgood
10:42 pm – 12:12 amAmritgood
12:12 am – 1:41 amCharneutral
1:41 am – 3:11 amRogavoid
3:11 am – 4:41 amKaalavoid
4:41 am – 6:10 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

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

The Moon

Moonrise 7:59 am, moonset 7:52 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.

6:10 am – 7:11 amSaturn
7:11 am – 8:11 amJupiter
8:11 am – 9:11 amMars
9:11 am – 10:11 amSun
10:11 am – 11:11 amVenus
11:11 am – 12:12 pmMercury
12:12 pm – 1:12 pmMoon
1:12 pm – 2:12 pmSaturn
2:12 pm – 3:12 pmJupiter
3:12 pm – 4:13 pmMars
4:13 pm – 5:13 pmSun
5:13 pm – 6:13 pmVenus
6:13 pm – 7:13 pmMercury
7:13 pm – 8:13 pmMoon
8:13 pm – 9:12 pmSaturn
9:12 pm – 10:12 pmJupiter
10:12 pm – 11:12 pmMars
11:12 pm – 12:12 amSun
12:12 am – 1:11 amVenus
1:11 am – 2:11 amMercury
2:11 am – 3:11 amMoon
3:11 am – 4:11 amSaturn
4:11 am – 5:10 amJupiter
5:10 am – 6:10 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: karana at 2:46 pm, yoga at 3:42 pm, nakshatra at 12:04 am Sunday, tithi and karana at 2:09 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:11 am in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 2 October 2027?

Shukla Tritiya, until 2:09 am Sunday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 2 October 2027?

9:11 am to 10:41 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:42 pm to 3:12 pm and Gulikai 6:10 am to 7:41 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 2 October 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:41 am to 9:11 am, Labh 1:42 pm to 3:12 pm, Amrit 3:12 pm to 4:43 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:48 am to 12:36 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 2 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:59 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.