Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Friday, 19 March 2027

Friday 19 March 2027

Rahu Kalam10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Yamagandam3:17 pm – 4:48 pm
Gulikai7:43 am – 9:14 am
TithiShukla Dwadashi until 11:18 pm

Sunrise 6:13 am, sunset 6:18 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Dwadashi

until 11:18 pm

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

Nakshatra · Ashlesha

until 1:32 am Saturday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Sukarma

until 11:20 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 · Bava

until 12:35 pm; then Balava until 11:18 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

10:45 am – 12:15 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:17 pm – 4:48 pm

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

Gulikai

7:43 am – 9:14 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 Friday the day starts with Char.

Day
6:13 am – 7:43 amCharneutral
7:43 am – 9:14 amLabhgood
9:14 am – 10:45 amAmritgood
10:45 am – 12:15 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:15 pm – 1:46 pmShubhgood
1:46 pm – 3:17 pmRogavoid
3:17 pm – 4:48 pmUdvegavoid
4:48 pm – 6:18 pmCharneutral
Night
6:18 pm – 7:47 pmRogavoid
7:47 pm – 9:17 pmKaalavoid
9:17 pm – 10:46 pmLabhgood
10:46 pm – 12:15 amUdvegavoid
12:15 am – 1:44 amShubhgood
1:44 am – 3:13 amAmritgood
3:13 am – 4:43 amCharneutral
4:43 am – 6:12 amRogavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:51 am – 12:40 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 3:29 pm, moonset 4:21 am Saturday.

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: Venus on a Friday.

6:13 am – 7:13 amVenus
7:13 am – 8:14 amMercury
8:14 am – 9:14 amMoon
9:14 am – 10:14 amSaturn
10:14 am – 11:15 amJupiter
11:15 am – 12:15 pmMars
12:15 pm – 1:16 pmSun
1:16 pm – 2:16 pmVenus
2:16 pm – 3:17 pmMercury
3:17 pm – 4:17 pmMoon
4:17 pm – 5:18 pmSaturn
5:18 pm – 6:18 pmJupiter
6:18 pm – 7:18 pmMars
7:18 pm – 8:17 pmSun
8:17 pm – 9:17 pmVenus
9:17 pm – 10:16 pmMercury
10:16 pm – 11:16 pmMoon
11:16 pm – 12:15 amSaturn
12:15 am – 1:14 amJupiter
1:14 am – 2:14 amMars
2:14 am – 3:13 amSun
3:13 am – 4:13 amVenus
4:13 am – 5:12 amMercury
5:12 am – 6:12 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 12:35 pm, tithi and karana at 11:18 pm, yoga at 11:20 pm, nakshatra at 1:32 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:45 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 19 March 2027?

Shukla Dwadashi, until 11:18 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:13 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 19 March 2027?

10:45 am to 12:15 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:17 pm to 4:48 pm and Gulikai 7:43 am to 9:14 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 19 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:43 am to 9:14 am, Amrit 9:14 am to 10:45 am, Shubh 12:15 pm to 1:46 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:51 am to 12:40 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 19 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 3:29 pm.

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.