Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Tuesday, 23 March 2027

Tuesday 23 March 2027

Rahu Kalam3:17 pm – 4:48 pm
Yamagandam9:12 am – 10:43 am
Gulikai12:14 pm – 1:45 pm
TithiKrishna Pratipada until 2:29 pm

Sunrise 6:10 am, sunset 6:19 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Pratipada

until 2:29 pm

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

Nakshatra · Hasta

until 7:50 pm

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

Yoga · Vriddhi

until 11:28 am

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 · Kaulava

until 2:29 pm; then Taitila until 1:47 am Wednesday

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

3:17 pm – 4:48 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:12 am – 10:43 am

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

Gulikai

12:14 pm – 1:45 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
6:10 am – 7:41 amRogavoid
7:41 am – 9:12 amUdvegavoid
9:12 am – 10:43 amCharneutral
10:43 am – 12:14 pmLabhgood
12:14 pm – 1:45 pmAmritgood
1:45 pm – 3:17 pmKaalavoid
3:17 pm – 4:48 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:48 pm – 6:19 pmRogavoid
Night
6:19 pm – 7:48 pmKaalavoid
7:48 pm – 9:16 pmLabhgood
9:16 pm – 10:45 pmUdvegavoid
10:45 pm – 12:14 amShubhgood
12:14 am – 1:43 amAmritgood
1:43 am – 3:11 amCharneutral
3:11 am – 4:40 amRogavoid
4:40 am – 6:09 amKaalavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:50 am – 12:39 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 7:18 pm, moonset 6:23 am.

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: Mars on a Tuesday.

6:10 am – 7:10 amMars
7:10 am – 8:11 amSun
8:11 am – 9:12 amVenus
9:12 am – 10:13 amMercury
10:13 am – 11:13 amMoon
11:13 am – 12:14 pmSaturn
12:14 pm – 1:15 pmJupiter
1:15 pm – 2:16 pmMars
2:16 pm – 3:17 pmSun
3:17 pm – 4:17 pmVenus
4:17 pm – 5:18 pmMercury
5:18 pm – 6:19 pmMoon
6:19 pm – 7:18 pmSaturn
7:18 pm – 8:17 pmJupiter
8:17 pm – 9:16 pmMars
9:16 pm – 10:16 pmSun
10:16 pm – 11:15 pmVenus
11:15 pm – 12:14 amMercury
12:14 am – 1:13 amMoon
1:13 am – 2:12 amSaturn
2:12 am – 3:11 amJupiter
3:11 am – 4:10 amMars
4:10 am – 5:10 amSun
5:10 am – 6:09 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:28 am, tithi and karana at 2:29 pm, nakshatra at 7:50 pm, karana at 1:47 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:17 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 23 March 2027?

Krishna Pratipada, until 2:29 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:10 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 23 March 2027?

3:17 pm to 4:48 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:12 am to 10:43 am and Gulikai 12:14 pm to 1:45 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 23 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:43 am to 12:14 pm, Amrit 12:14 pm to 1:45 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:50 am to 12:39 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 23 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:18 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.