Shastra Panchangam

Thiruvananthapuram, Saturday, 9 October 2027

Saturday 9 October 2027

Rahu Kalam9:10 am – 10:40 am
Yamagandam1:40 pm – 3:09 pm
Gulikai6:10 am – 7:40 am
TithiShukla Navami until 9:02 am

Sunrise 6:10 am, sunset 6:09 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Navami

until 9:02 am

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

Nakshatra · Uttara Ashadha

until 10:18 am

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

Yoga · Sukarma

until 1:53 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 · Kaulava

until 9:02 am; then Taitila until 10:22 pm

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

9:10 am – 10:40 am

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

Yamagandam

1:40 pm – 3:09 pm

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

Gulikai

6:10 am – 7:40 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 Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
6:10 am – 7:40 amKaalavoid
7:40 am – 9:10 amShubhgood
9:10 am – 10:40 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:40 am – 12:10 pmUdvegavoid
12:10 pm – 1:40 pmCharneutral
1:40 pm – 3:09 pmLabhgood
3:09 pm – 4:39 pmAmritgood
4:39 pm – 6:09 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:09 pm – 7:39 pmLabhgood
7:39 pm – 9:09 pmUdvegavoid
9:09 pm – 10:40 pmShubhgood
10:40 pm – 12:10 amAmritgood
12:10 am – 1:40 amCharneutral
1:40 am – 3:10 amRogavoid
3:10 am – 4:40 amKaalavoid
4:40 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

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

The Moon

Moonrise 2:01 pm, moonset 1:52 am Sunday.

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 – 7:10 amSaturn
7:10 am – 8:10 amJupiter
8:10 am – 9:10 amMars
9:10 am – 10:10 amSun
10:10 am – 11:10 amVenus
11:10 am – 12:10 pmMercury
12:10 pm – 1:10 pmMoon
1:10 pm – 2:10 pmSaturn
2:10 pm – 3:09 pmJupiter
3:09 pm – 4:09 pmMars
4:09 pm – 5:09 pmSun
5:09 pm – 6:09 pmVenus
6:09 pm – 7:09 pmMercury
7:09 pm – 8:09 pmMoon
8:09 pm – 9:09 pmSaturn
9:09 pm – 10:09 pmJupiter
10:09 pm – 11:10 pmMars
11:10 pm – 12:10 amSun
12:10 am – 1:10 amVenus
1:10 am – 2:10 amMercury
2:10 am – 3:10 amMoon
3:10 am – 4:10 amSaturn
4:10 am – 5:10 amJupiter
5:10 am – 6:10 amMars

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: tithi and karana at 9:02 am, nakshatra at 10:18 am, yoga at 1:53 pm, karana at 10:22 pm.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram.

Questions

What is the tithi in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 October 2027?

Shukla Navami, until 9:02 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Thiruvananthapuram).

When is Rahu Kalam in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 October 2027?

9:10 am to 10:40 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:40 pm to 3:09 pm and Gulikai 6:10 am to 7:40 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 October 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:40 am to 9:10 am, Labh 1:40 pm to 3:09 pm, Amrit 3:09 pm to 4:39 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:46 am to 12:34 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Thiruvananthapuram on 9 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 2:01 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.