Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday, 3 October 2027

Sunday 3 October 2027

Rahu Kalam4:42 pm – 6:12 pm
Yamagandam12:11 pm – 1:42 pm
Gulikai3:12 pm – 4:42 pm
TithiShukla Chaturthi until 1:29 am Monday

Sunrise 6:10 am, sunset 6:12 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi

until 1:29 am Monday

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

Nakshatra · Vishakha

until 12:00 am Monday

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 1:45 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 · Vanija

until 1:43 pm; then Vishti until 1:29 am Monday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 1:43 pm to 1:29 am Monday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

4:42 pm – 6:12 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:11 pm – 1:42 pm

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

Gulikai

3:12 pm – 4:42 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
6:10 am – 7:41 amUdvegavoid
7:41 am – 9:11 amCharneutral
9:11 am – 10:41 amLabhgood
10:41 am – 12:11 pmAmritgood
12:11 pm – 1:42 pmKaalavoid
1:42 pm – 3:12 pmShubhgood
3:12 pm – 4:42 pmRogavoid
4:42 pm – 6:12 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
6:12 pm – 7:42 pmShubhgood
7:42 pm – 9:12 pmAmritgood
9:12 pm – 10:42 pmCharneutral
10:42 pm – 12:11 amRogavoid
12:11 am – 1:41 amKaalavoid
1:41 am – 3:11 amLabhgood
3:11 am – 4:40 amUdvegavoid
4:40 am – 6:10 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

11:47 am – 12:35 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 8:55 am, moonset 8:43 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.

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

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:43 pm, yoga at 1:45 pm, nakshatra at 12:00 am Monday, tithi and karana at 1:29 am Monday.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:42 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 October 2027?

Shukla Chaturthi, until 1:29 am Monday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 October 2027?

4:42 pm to 6:12 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:11 pm to 1:42 pm and Gulikai 3:12 pm to 4:42 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 October 2027?

During daylight: Labh 9:11 am to 10:41 am, Amrit 10:41 am to 12:11 pm, Shubh 1:42 pm to 3:12 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:47 am to 12:35 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 8:55 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.