Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Wednesday, 26 May 2027

Wednesday 26 May 2027

Rahu Kalam12:04 pm – 1:42 pm
Yamagandam7:12 am – 8:49 am
Gulikai10:27 am – 12:04 pm
TithiKrishna Shashti until 4:05 am Thursday

Sunrise 5:34 am, sunset 6:35 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Shashti

until 4:05 am Thursday

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

Nakshatra · Shravana

until 4:20 am Thursday

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

Yoga · Brahma

until 2:02 am Thursday

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 · Gara

until 2:49 pm; then Vanija until 4:05 am Thursday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 4:05 am to 5:18 pm on Thursday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

12:04 pm – 1:42 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:12 am – 8:49 am

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

Gulikai

10:27 am – 12:04 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 Wednesday the day starts with Labh.

Day
5:34 am – 7:12 amLabhgood
7:12 am – 8:49 amAmritgood
8:49 am – 10:27 amKaalavoid
10:27 am – 12:04 pmShubhgood
12:04 pm – 1:42 pmRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
1:42 pm – 3:20 pmUdvegavoid
3:20 pm – 4:57 pmCharneutral
4:57 pm – 6:35 pmLabhgood
Night
6:35 pm – 7:57 pmUdvegavoid
7:57 pm – 9:20 pmShubhgood
9:20 pm – 10:42 pmAmritgood
10:42 pm – 12:04 amCharneutral
12:04 am – 1:27 amRogavoid
1:27 am – 2:49 amKaalavoid
2:49 am – 4:12 amLabhgood
4:12 am – 5:34 amUdvegavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:38 am – 12:30 pm. The muhurta around solar noon; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 11:25 pm, moonset 10:11 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: Mercury on a Wednesday.

5:34 am – 6:39 amMercury
6:39 am – 7:44 amMoon
7:44 am – 8:49 amSaturn
8:49 am – 9:54 amJupiter
9:54 am – 10:59 amMars
10:59 am – 12:04 pmSun
12:04 pm – 1:10 pmVenus
1:10 pm – 2:15 pmMercury
2:15 pm – 3:20 pmMoon
3:20 pm – 4:25 pmSaturn
4:25 pm – 5:30 pmJupiter
5:30 pm – 6:35 pmMars
6:35 pm – 7:30 pmSun
7:30 pm – 8:25 pmVenus
8:25 pm – 9:20 pmMercury
9:20 pm – 10:15 pmMoon
10:15 pm – 11:09 pmSaturn
11:09 pm – 12:04 amJupiter
12:04 am – 12:59 amMars
12:59 am – 1:54 amSun
1:54 am – 2:49 amVenus
2:49 am – 3:44 amMercury
3:44 am – 4:39 amMoon
4:39 am – 5:34 amSaturn

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 2:49 pm, yoga at 2:02 am Thursday, tithi and karana at 4:05 am Thursday, nakshatra at 4:20 am Thursday.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 12:04 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 26 May 2027?

Krishna Shashti, until 4:05 am Thursday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:34 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 26 May 2027?

12:04 pm to 1:42 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 7:12 am to 8:49 am and Gulikai 10:27 am to 12:04 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 26 May 2027?

During daylight: Labh 5:34 am to 7:12 am, Amrit 7:12 am to 8:49 am, Shubh 10:27 am to 12:04 pm, Labh 4:57 pm to 6:35 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:38 am to 12:30 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 26 May 2027?

Moonrise is at 11:25 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.