Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Monday, 4 October 2027

Monday 4 October 2027

Rahu Kalam7:40 am – 9:11 am
Yamagandam10:41 am – 12:11 pm
Gulikai1:41 pm – 3:12 pm
TithiShukla Panchami until 1:37 am Tuesday

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 1:37 am Tuesday

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

Nakshatra · Anuradha

until 12:44 am Tuesday

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

Yoga · Priti

until 12:25 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 · Bava

until 1:26 pm; then Balava until 1:37 am Tuesday

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

7:40 am – 9:11 am

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

Yamagandam

10:41 am – 12:11 pm

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

Gulikai

1:41 pm – 3:12 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 Monday the day starts with Amrit.

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

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 9:52 am, moonset 9:36 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 Moon on a Monday.

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

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: yoga at 12:25 pm, karana at 1:26 pm, nakshatra at 12:44 am Tuesday, tithi and karana at 1:37 am Tuesday.

On a Monday, Rahu Kalam is the second of the eight parts of daylight, from 7:40 am in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 4 October 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 1:37 am Tuesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 4 October 2027?

7:40 am to 9:11 am, the second of the eight parts of daylight on a Monday. Yamagandam runs 10:41 am to 12:11 pm and Gulikai 1:41 pm to 3:12 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 4 October 2027?

During daylight: Amrit 6:10 am to 7:40 am, Shubh 9:11 am to 10:41 am, Labh 3:12 pm to 4:42 pm, Amrit 4:42 pm to 6:12 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:47 am to 12:35 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 4 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:52 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.