Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Monday, 15 March 2027

Monday 15 March 2027

Rahu Kalam7:46 am – 9:16 am
Yamagandam10:46 am – 12:17 pm
Gulikai1:47 pm – 3:17 pm
TithiShukla Saptami until 10:52 am

Sunrise 6:16 am, sunset 6:18 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Monday until sunrise on Tuesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Saptami

until 10:52 am

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

Nakshatra · Rohini

until 9:27 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 · Priti

until 2:37 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 10:52 am; then Vishti until 9:55 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 10:52 am to 9:55 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

7:46 am – 9:16 am

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

Yamagandam

10:46 am – 12:17 pm

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

Gulikai

1:47 pm – 3:17 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 Monday the day starts with Amrit.

Day
6:16 am – 7:46 amAmritgood
7:46 am – 9:16 amKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
9:16 am – 10:46 amShubhgood
10:46 am – 12:17 pmRogavoid
12:17 pm – 1:47 pmUdvegavoid
1:47 pm – 3:17 pmCharneutral
3:17 pm – 4:47 pmLabhgood
4:47 pm – 6:18 pmAmritgood
Night
6:18 pm – 7:47 pmCharneutral
7:47 pm – 9:17 pmRogavoid
9:17 pm – 10:47 pmKaalavoid
10:47 pm – 12:16 amLabhgood
12:16 am – 1:46 amUdvegavoid
1:46 am – 3:16 amShubhgood
3:16 am – 4:45 amAmritgood
4:45 am – 6:15 amCharneutral

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:52 am – 12:41 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 11:15 am, moonset 12:50 am Tuesday.

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 Moon on a Monday.

6:16 am – 7:16 amMoon
7:16 am – 8:16 amSaturn
8:16 am – 9:16 amJupiter
9:16 am – 10:16 amMars
10:16 am – 11:16 amSun
11:16 am – 12:17 pmVenus
12:17 pm – 1:17 pmMercury
1:17 pm – 2:17 pmMoon
2:17 pm – 3:17 pmSaturn
3:17 pm – 4:17 pmJupiter
4:17 pm – 5:17 pmMars
5:17 pm – 6:18 pmSun
6:18 pm – 7:17 pmVenus
7:17 pm – 8:17 pmMercury
8:17 pm – 9:17 pmMoon
9:17 pm – 10:17 pmSaturn
10:17 pm – 11:16 pmJupiter
11:16 pm – 12:16 amMars
12:16 am – 1:16 amSun
1:16 am – 2:16 amVenus
2:16 am – 3:16 amMercury
3:16 am – 4:15 amMoon
4:15 am – 5:15 amSaturn
5:15 am – 6:15 amJupiter

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 9:27 am, tithi and karana at 10:52 am, yoga at 2:37 pm, karana at 9:55 pm.

On a Monday, Rahu Kalam is the second of the eight parts of daylight, from 7:46 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 15 March 2027?

Shukla Saptami, until 10:52 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:16 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 15 March 2027?

7:46 am to 9:16 am, the second of the eight parts of daylight on a Monday. Yamagandam runs 10:46 am to 12:17 pm and Gulikai 1:47 pm to 3:17 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 15 March 2027?

During daylight: Amrit 6:16 am to 7:46 am, Shubh 9:16 am to 10:46 am, Labh 3:17 pm to 4:47 pm, Amrit 4:47 pm to 6:18 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:52 am to 12:41 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 15 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 11:15 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.