Shastra Panchangam

Varanasi, Tuesday, 10 August 2027

Tuesday 10 August 2027

Rahu Kalam3:21 pm – 4:59 pm
Yamagandam8:46 am – 10:25 am
Gulikai12:03 pm – 1:42 pm
TithiShukla Navami until 11:28 pm

Sunrise 5:29 am, sunset 6:38 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Navami

until 11:28 pm

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

Nakshatra · Vishakha

until 7:28 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 · Brahma

until 7:56 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 · Balava

until 10:56 am; then Kaulava until 11:28 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

3:21 pm – 4:59 pm

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

Yamagandam

8:46 am – 10:25 am

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

Gulikai

12:03 pm – 1:42 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
5:29 am – 7:08 amRogavoid
7:08 am – 8:46 amUdvegavoid
8:46 am – 10:25 amCharneutral
10:25 am – 12:03 pmLabhgood
12:03 pm – 1:42 pmAmritgood
1:42 pm – 3:21 pmKaalavoid
3:21 pm – 4:59 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:59 pm – 6:38 pmRogavoid
Night
6:38 pm – 7:59 pmKaalavoid
7:59 pm – 9:21 pmLabhgood
9:21 pm – 10:42 pmUdvegavoid
10:42 pm – 12:04 amShubhgood
12:04 am – 1:25 amAmritgood
1:25 am – 2:47 amCharneutral
2:47 am – 4:08 amRogavoid
4:08 am – 5:29 amKaalavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:37 am – 12:30 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:30 pm, moonset 11:57 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: Mars on a Tuesday.

5:29 am – 6:35 amMars
6:35 am – 7:40 amSun
7:40 am – 8:46 amVenus
8:46 am – 9:52 amMercury
9:52 am – 10:58 amMoon
10:58 am – 12:03 pmSaturn
12:03 pm – 1:09 pmJupiter
1:09 pm – 2:15 pmMars
2:15 pm – 3:21 pmSun
3:21 pm – 4:26 pmVenus
4:26 pm – 5:32 pmMercury
5:32 pm – 6:38 pmMoon
6:38 pm – 7:32 pmSaturn
7:32 pm – 8:26 pmJupiter
8:26 pm – 9:21 pmMars
9:21 pm – 10:15 pmSun
10:15 pm – 11:09 pmVenus
11:09 pm – 12:04 amMercury
12:04 am – 12:58 amMoon
12:58 am – 1:52 amSaturn
1:52 am – 2:47 amJupiter
2:47 am – 3:41 amMars
3:41 am – 4:35 amSun
4:35 am – 5:29 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 99 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 7:28 am, karana at 10:56 am, yoga at 7:56 pm, tithi and karana at 11:28 pm.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:21 pm in Varanasi.

Questions

What is the tithi in Varanasi on 10 August 2027?

Shukla Navami, until 11:28 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:29 am in Varanasi).

When is Rahu Kalam in Varanasi on 10 August 2027?

3:21 pm to 4:59 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 8:46 am to 10:25 am and Gulikai 12:03 pm to 1:42 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Varanasi on 10 August 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:25 am to 12:03 pm, Amrit 12:03 pm to 1:42 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:37 am to 12:30 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Varanasi on 10 August 2027?

Moonrise is at 1:30 pm.

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.