Shastra Panchangam

Varanasi, Thursday, 4 February 2027

Thursday 4 February 2027

Rahu Kalam1:35 pm – 2:58 pm
Yamagandam6:40 am – 8:03 am
Gulikai9:26 am – 10:49 am
TithiKrishna Trayodashi until 4:32 pm

Sunrise 6:40 am, sunset 5:44 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Trayodashi

until 4:32 pm

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

Nakshatra · Purva Ashadha

until 3:33 pm

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

Yoga · Vajra

until 7:42 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 4:32 pm; then Vishti until 5:50 am Friday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 4:32 pm to 5:50 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

1:35 pm – 2:58 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:40 am – 8:03 am

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

Gulikai

9:26 am – 10:49 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
6:40 am – 8:03 amShubhgood
8:03 am – 9:26 amRogavoid
9:26 am – 10:49 amUdvegavoid
10:49 am – 12:12 pmCharneutral
12:12 pm – 1:35 pmLabhgood
1:35 pm – 2:58 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
2:58 pm – 4:21 pmKaalavoid
4:21 pm – 5:44 pmShubhgood
Night
5:44 pm – 7:21 pmAmritgood
7:21 pm – 8:58 pmCharneutral
8:58 pm – 10:35 pmRogavoid
10:35 pm – 12:12 amKaalavoid
12:12 am – 1:49 amLabhgood
1:49 am – 3:26 amUdvegavoid
3:26 am – 5:02 amShubhgood
5:02 am – 6:39 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

11:50 am – 12:34 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 5:50 am Friday, moonset 3:39 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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

6:40 am – 7:35 amJupiter
7:35 am – 8:31 amMars
8:31 am – 9:26 amSun
9:26 am – 10:21 amVenus
10:21 am – 11:17 amMercury
11:17 am – 12:12 pmMoon
12:12 pm – 1:07 pmSaturn
1:07 pm – 2:03 pmJupiter
2:03 pm – 2:58 pmMars
2:58 pm – 3:54 pmSun
3:54 pm – 4:49 pmVenus
4:49 pm – 5:44 pmMercury
5:44 pm – 6:49 pmMoon
6:49 pm – 7:54 pmSaturn
7:54 pm – 8:58 pmJupiter
8:58 pm – 10:03 pmMars
10:03 pm – 11:07 pmSun
11:07 pm – 12:12 amVenus
12:12 am – 1:16 amMercury
1:16 am – 2:21 amMoon
2:21 am – 3:26 amSaturn
3:26 am – 4:30 amJupiter
4:30 am – 5:35 amMars
5:35 am – 6:39 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 3:33 pm, tithi and karana at 4:32 pm, yoga at 7:42 pm, karana at 5:50 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:35 pm in Varanasi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Varanasi on 4 February 2027?

Krishna Trayodashi, until 4:32 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:40 am in Varanasi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Varanasi on 4 February 2027?

1:35 pm to 2:58 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:40 am to 8:03 am and Gulikai 9:26 am to 10:49 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Varanasi on 4 February 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:40 am to 8:03 am, Labh 12:12 pm to 1:35 pm, Shubh 4:21 pm to 5:44 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:50 am to 12:34 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Varanasi on 4 February 2027?

Moonrise is at 5:50 am on Friday 5 February.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Varanasi (25.3176°N, 82.9739°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.