Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Friday, 18 June 2027

Friday 18 June 2027

Rahu Kalam10:30 am – 12:08 pm
Yamagandam3:25 pm – 5:04 pm
Gulikai7:13 am – 8:52 am
TithiPournami until 6:14 am Saturday

Pournami

Sunrise 5:35 am, sunset 6:42 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

On this day

Panchangam details

Tithi · Pournami

until 6:14 am Saturday

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

Nakshatra · Jyeshtha

until 11:41 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 · Sadhya

until 5:57 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 · Vishti

until 5:22 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 5:35 am to 5:22 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

10:30 am – 12:08 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:25 pm – 5:04 pm

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

Gulikai

7:13 am – 8:52 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
5:35 am – 7:13 amCharneutral
7:13 am – 8:52 amLabhgood
8:52 am – 10:30 amAmritgood
10:30 am – 12:08 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:08 pm – 1:47 pmShubhgood
1:47 pm – 3:25 pmRogavoid
3:25 pm – 5:04 pmUdvegavoid
5:04 pm – 6:42 pmCharneutral
Night
6:42 pm – 8:04 pmRogavoid
8:04 pm – 9:25 pmKaalavoid
9:25 pm – 10:47 pmLabhgood
10:47 pm – 12:09 amUdvegavoid
12:09 am – 1:30 amShubhgood
1:30 am – 2:52 amAmritgood
2:52 am – 4:14 amCharneutral
4:14 am – 5:35 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

11:42 am – 12:35 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 6:23 pm, moonset 5:28 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.

5:35 am – 6:41 amVenus
6:41 am – 7:46 amMercury
7:46 am – 8:52 amMoon
8:52 am – 9:57 amSaturn
9:57 am – 11:03 amJupiter
11:03 am – 12:08 pmMars
12:08 pm – 1:14 pmSun
1:14 pm – 2:20 pmVenus
2:20 pm – 3:25 pmMercury
3:25 pm – 4:31 pmMoon
4:31 pm – 5:36 pmSaturn
5:36 pm – 6:42 pmJupiter
6:42 pm – 7:36 pmMars
7:36 pm – 8:31 pmSun
8:31 pm – 9:25 pmVenus
9:25 pm – 10:20 pmMercury
10:20 pm – 11:14 pmMoon
11:14 pm – 12:09 amSaturn
12:09 am – 1:03 amJupiter
1:03 am – 1:57 amMars
1:57 am – 2:52 amSun
2:52 am – 3:46 amVenus
3:46 am – 4:41 amMercury
4:41 am – 5:35 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 7 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 5:57 am, karana at 5:22 pm, nakshatra at 11:41 pm. The tithi runs on past the next sunrise, until 6:14 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:30 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 18 June 2027?

Pournami, until 6:14 am Saturday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:35 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 18 June 2027?

10:30 am to 12:08 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:25 pm to 5:04 pm and Gulikai 7:13 am to 8:52 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 18 June 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:13 am to 8:52 am, Amrit 8:52 am to 10:30 am, Shubh 12:08 pm to 1:47 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:42 am to 12:35 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 18 June 2027?

Moonrise is at 6:23 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.