Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Wednesday, 6 October 2027

Wednesday 6 October 2027

Rahu Kalam12:10 pm – 1:41 pm
Yamagandam7:40 am – 9:10 am
Gulikai10:40 am – 12:10 pm
TithiShukla Saptami until 4:14 am Thursday

Sunrise 6:10 am, sunset 6:11 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Saptami

until 4:14 am Thursday

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

Nakshatra · Moola

until 4:29 am Thursday

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

Yoga · Saubhagya

until 11:38 am

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 · Gara

until 3:19 pm; then Vanija until 4:14 am Thursday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 4:14 am to 5:17 pm on Thursday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

12:10 pm – 1:41 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:40 am – 9:10 am

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

Gulikai

10:40 am – 12:10 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 Wednesday the day starts with Labh.

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

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:46 am – 12:34 pm. The muhurta around solar noon; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 11:41 am, moonset 11:23 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: Mercury on a Wednesday.

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

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 1 minute, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:38 am, karana at 3:19 pm, tithi and karana at 4:14 am Thursday, nakshatra at 4:29 am Thursday.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 12:10 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 6 October 2027?

Shukla Saptami, until 4:14 am Thursday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 6 October 2027?

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

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 6 October 2027?

During daylight: Labh 6:10 am to 7:40 am, Amrit 7:40 am to 9:10 am, Shubh 10:40 am to 12:10 pm, Labh 4:41 pm to 6:11 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:46 am to 12:34 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 6 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 11:41 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.