Varanasi, Thursday, 12 August 2027
Thursday 12 August 2027
The next day, Friday 13 August
Sunrise 5:30 am, sunset 6:36 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi
until 3:00 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Jyeshtha
until 11:34 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 · Vaidhriti
until 8:39 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 1:56 pm; then Vishti until 3:00 am Friday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 1:56 pm to 3:00 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
1:41 pm – 3:20 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
5:30 am – 7:08 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
8:46 am – 10:25 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:30 am – 7:08 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:08 am – 8:46 am | Rog | avoid |
| 8:46 am – 10:25 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:25 am – 12:03 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:03 pm – 1:41 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:41 pm – 3:20 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:20 pm – 4:58 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:58 pm – 6:36 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:36 pm – 7:58 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:58 pm – 9:20 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:20 pm – 10:42 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:42 pm – 12:03 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:03 am – 1:25 am | Labh | good |
| 1:25 am – 2:47 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 2:47 am – 4:09 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:09 am – 5:30 am | Amrit | good |
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 – 12:29 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 3:19 pm, moonset 1:40 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.
| 5:30 am – 6:35 am | Jupiter |
| 6:35 am – 7:41 am | Mars |
| 7:41 am – 8:46 am | Sun |
| 8:46 am – 9:52 am | Venus |
| 9:52 am – 10:58 am | Mercury |
| 10:58 am – 12:03 pm | Moon |
| 12:03 pm – 1:09 pm | Saturn |
| 1:09 pm – 2:14 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:14 pm – 3:20 pm | Mars |
| 3:20 pm – 4:25 pm | Sun |
| 4:25 pm – 5:31 pm | Venus |
| 5:31 pm – 6:36 pm | Mercury |
| 6:36 pm – 7:31 pm | Moon |
| 7:31 pm – 8:25 pm | Saturn |
| 8:25 pm – 9:20 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:20 pm – 10:14 pm | Mars |
| 10:14 pm – 11:09 pm | Sun |
| 11:09 pm – 12:03 am | Venus |
| 12:03 am – 12:58 am | Mercury |
| 12:58 am – 1:52 am | Moon |
| 1:52 am – 2:47 am | Saturn |
| 2:47 am – 3:41 am | Jupiter |
| 3:41 am – 4:36 am | Mars |
| 4:36 am – 5:30 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 13 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 11:34 am, karana at 1:56 pm, yoga at 8:39 pm, tithi and karana at 3:00 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:41 pm in Varanasi.
Questions
What is the tithi in Varanasi on 12 August 2027?
Shukla Ekadashi, until 3:00 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:30 am in Varanasi).
When is Rahu Kalam in Varanasi on 12 August 2027?
1:41 pm to 3:20 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 5:30 am to 7:08 am and Gulikai 8:46 am to 10:25 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Varanasi on 12 August 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 5:30 am to 7:08 am, Labh 12:03 pm to 1:41 pm, Shubh 4:58 pm to 6:36 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:37 am to 12:29 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Varanasi on 12 August 2027?
Moonrise is at 3:19 pm.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Varanasi (25.3176°N, 82.9739°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.