Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Friday, 28 May 2027

Friday 28 May 2027

Rahu Kalam10:27 am – 12:05 pm
Yamagandam3:20 pm – 4:58 pm
Gulikai7:12 am – 8:49 am
TithiKrishna Saptami until 6:27 am

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Saptami

until 6:27 am

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

Nakshatra · Dhanishta

until 7:15 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 · Vaidhriti

until 3:35 am Saturday

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 6:27 am; then Balava until 7:28 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

10:27 am – 12:05 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:20 pm – 4:58 pm

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

Gulikai

7:12 am – 8:49 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
5:34 am – 7:12 amCharneutral
7:12 am – 8:49 amLabhgood
8:49 am – 10:27 amAmritgood
10:27 am – 12:05 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:05 pm – 1:42 pmShubhgood
1:42 pm – 3:20 pmRogavoid
3:20 pm – 4:58 pmUdvegavoid
4:58 pm – 6:35 pmCharneutral
Night
6:35 pm – 7:58 pmRogavoid
7:58 pm – 9:20 pmKaalavoid
9:20 pm – 10:42 pmLabhgood
10:42 pm – 12:05 amUdvegavoid
12:05 am – 1:27 amShubhgood
1:27 am – 2:49 amAmritgood
2:49 am – 4:12 amCharneutral
4:12 am – 5:34 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

11:39 am – 12:31 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:35 am Saturday, moonset 11:49 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: Venus on a Friday.

5:34 am – 6:39 amVenus
6:39 am – 7:44 amMercury
7:44 am – 8:49 amMoon
8:49 am – 9:54 amSaturn
9:54 am – 11:00 amJupiter
11:00 am – 12:05 pmMars
12:05 pm – 1:10 pmSun
1:10 pm – 2:15 pmVenus
2:15 pm – 3:20 pmMercury
3:20 pm – 4:25 pmMoon
4:25 pm – 5:30 pmSaturn
5:30 pm – 6:35 pmJupiter
6:35 pm – 7:30 pmMars
7:30 pm – 8:25 pmSun
8:25 pm – 9:20 pmVenus
9:20 pm – 10:15 pmMercury
10:15 pm – 11:10 pmMoon
11:10 pm – 12:05 amSaturn
12:05 am – 1:00 amJupiter
1:00 am – 1:54 amMars
1:54 am – 2:49 amSun
2:49 am – 3:44 amVenus
3:44 am – 4:39 amMercury
4:39 am – 5:34 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 1 minute, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 6:27 am, nakshatra at 7:15 am, karana at 7:28 pm, yoga at 3:35 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:27 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 28 May 2027?

Krishna Saptami, until 6:27 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:34 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 28 May 2027?

10:27 am to 12:05 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:20 pm to 4:58 pm and Gulikai 7:12 am to 8:49 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 28 May 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:12 am to 8:49 am, Amrit 8:49 am to 10:27 am, Shubh 12:05 pm to 1:42 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:39 am to 12:31 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 28 May 2027?

Moonrise is at 12:35 am on Saturday 29 May.

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.