Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday, 7 October 2027

Thursday 7 October 2027

Rahu Kalam1:40 pm – 3:10 pm
Yamagandam6:10 am – 7:40 am
Gulikai9:10 am – 10:40 am
TithiShukla Ashtami until 6:28 am Friday

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ashtami

until 6:28 am Friday

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

Nakshatra · Purva Ashadha

until 7:14 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 · Shobhana

until 12:04 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 · Vishti

until 5:17 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:10 am to 5:17 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

1:40 pm – 3:10 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:10 am – 7:40 am

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

Gulikai

9:10 am – 10:40 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 – 7:40 amShubhgood
7:40 am – 9:10 amRogavoid
9:10 am – 10:40 amUdvegavoid
10:40 am – 12:10 pmCharneutral
12:10 pm – 1:40 pmLabhgood
1:40 pm – 3:10 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:10 pm – 4:40 pmKaalavoid
4:40 pm – 6:10 pmShubhgood
Night
6:10 pm – 7:40 pmAmritgood
7:40 pm – 9:10 pmCharneutral
9:10 pm – 10:40 pmRogavoid
10:40 pm – 12:10 amKaalavoid
12:10 am – 1:40 amLabhgood
1:40 am – 3:10 amUdvegavoid
3:10 am – 4:40 amShubhgood
4:40 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

11:46 am – 12:34 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:31 pm, moonset 12:15 am Friday.

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

About this day

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

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 12:04 pm, karana at 5:17 pm. The tithi runs on past the next sunrise, until 6:28 am Friday. The nakshatra runs on past the next sunrise, until 7:14 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:40 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 October 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 6:28 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 October 2027?

1:40 pm to 3:10 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:10 am to 7:40 am and Gulikai 9:10 am to 10:40 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 October 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:10 am to 7:40 am, Labh 12:10 pm to 1:40 pm, Shubh 4:40 pm to 6:10 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:46 am to 12:34 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 12:31 pm.

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.