Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Sunday, 14 March 2027

Sunday 14 March 2027

Rahu Kalam4:47 pm – 6:17 pm
Yamagandam12:17 pm – 1:47 pm
Gulikai3:17 pm – 4:47 pm
TithiShukla Shashti until 12:32 pm

Sunrise 6:16 am, sunset 6:17 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Shashti

until 12:32 pm

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

Nakshatra · Krittika

until 10:24 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 · Vishkambha

until 5:11 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 · Taitila

until 12:32 pm; then Gara until 11:44 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

4:47 pm – 6:17 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:17 pm – 1:47 pm

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

Gulikai

3:17 pm – 4:47 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.

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

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 10:17 am, moonset 11:48 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: the Sun on a Sunday.

6:16 am – 7:16 amSun
7:16 am – 8:16 amVenus
8:16 am – 9:17 amMercury
9:17 am – 10:17 amMoon
10:17 am – 11:17 amSaturn
11:17 am – 12:17 pmJupiter
12:17 pm – 1:17 pmMars
1:17 pm – 2:17 pmSun
2:17 pm – 3:17 pmVenus
3:17 pm – 4:17 pmMercury
4:17 pm – 5:17 pmMoon
5:17 pm – 6:17 pmSaturn
6:17 pm – 7:17 pmJupiter
7:17 pm – 8:17 pmMars
8:17 pm – 9:17 pmSun
9:17 pm – 10:17 pmVenus
10:17 pm – 11:17 pmMercury
11:17 pm – 12:16 amMoon
12:16 am – 1:16 amSaturn
1:16 am – 2:16 amJupiter
2:16 am – 3:16 amMars
3:16 am – 4:16 amSun
4:16 am – 5:16 amVenus
5:16 am – 6:16 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 1 minute, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 10:24 am, tithi and karana at 12:32 pm, yoga at 5:11 pm, karana at 11:44 pm.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:47 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 14 March 2027?

Shukla Shashti, until 12:32 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:16 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 14 March 2027?

4:47 pm to 6:17 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:17 pm to 1:47 pm and Gulikai 3:17 pm to 4:47 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 14 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 9:17 am to 10:47 am, Amrit 10:47 am to 12:17 pm, Shubh 1:47 pm to 3:17 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:53 am to 12:41 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 14 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:17 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.