Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Saturday, 13 March 2027

Saturday 13 March 2027

Rahu Kalam9:17 am – 10:47 am
Yamagandam1:47 pm – 3:17 pm
Gulikai6:17 am – 7:47 am
TithiShukla Panchami until 1:55 pm

Sunrise 6:17 am, sunset 6:17 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 1:55 pm

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

Nakshatra · Bharani

until 11:03 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 7:31 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 1:55 pm; then Kaulava until 1:16 am Sunday

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

9:17 am – 10:47 am

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

Yamagandam

1:47 pm – 3:17 pm

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

Gulikai

6:17 am – 7:47 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
6:17 am – 7:47 amKaalavoid
7:47 am – 9:17 amShubhgood
9:17 am – 10:47 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:47 am – 12:17 pmUdvegavoid
12:17 pm – 1:47 pmCharneutral
1:47 pm – 3:17 pmLabhgood
3:17 pm – 4:47 pmAmritgood
4:47 pm – 6:17 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:17 pm – 7:47 pmLabhgood
7:47 pm – 9:17 pmUdvegavoid
9:17 pm – 10:47 pmShubhgood
10:47 pm – 12:17 amAmritgood
12:17 am – 1:47 amCharneutral
1:47 am – 3:17 amRogavoid
3:17 am – 4:46 amKaalavoid
4:46 am – 6:16 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

11:53 am – 12:41 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:25 am, moonset 10:46 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: Saturn on a Saturday.

6:17 am – 7:17 amSaturn
7:17 am – 8:17 amJupiter
8:17 am – 9:17 amMars
9:17 am – 10:17 amSun
10:17 am – 11:17 amVenus
11:17 am – 12:17 pmMercury
12:17 pm – 1:17 pmMoon
1:17 pm – 2:17 pmSaturn
2:17 pm – 3:17 pmJupiter
3:17 pm – 4:17 pmMars
4:17 pm – 5:17 pmSun
5:17 pm – 6:17 pmVenus
6:17 pm – 7:17 pmMercury
7:17 pm – 8:17 pmMoon
8:17 pm – 9:17 pmSaturn
9:17 pm – 10:17 pmJupiter
10:17 pm – 11:17 pmMars
11:17 pm – 12:17 amSun
12:17 am – 1:17 amVenus
1:17 am – 2:17 amMercury
2:17 am – 3:17 amMoon
3:17 am – 4:16 amSaturn
4:16 am – 5:16 amJupiter
5:16 am – 6:16 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: nakshatra at 11:03 am, tithi and karana at 1:55 pm, yoga at 7:31 pm, karana at 1:16 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:17 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 13 March 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 1:55 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:17 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 13 March 2027?

9:17 am to 10:47 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:47 pm to 3:17 pm and Gulikai 6:17 am to 7:47 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 13 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:47 am to 9:17 am, Labh 1:47 pm to 3:17 pm, Amrit 3:17 pm to 4:47 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:53 am to 12:41 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 13 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:25 am.

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

How this was computed
Calculated for Vijayawada (16.5062°N, 80.6480°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.