Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Thursday, 8 July 2027

Thursday 8 July 2027

Rahu Kalam1:50 pm – 3:29 pm
Yamagandam5:40 am – 7:18 am
Gulikai8:56 am – 10:34 am
TithiShukla Panchami until 4:08 pm

Sunrise 5:40 am, sunset 6:45 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 4:08 pm

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

Nakshatra · Purva Phalguni

until 12:19 am Friday

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

Yoga · Vyatipata

until 8:53 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 · Balava

until 4:08 pm; then Kaulava until 3:02 am Friday

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

1:50 pm – 3:29 pm

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

Yamagandam

5:40 am – 7:18 am

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

Gulikai

8:56 am – 10:34 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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.

Day
5:40 am – 7:18 amShubhgood
7:18 am – 8:56 amRogavoid
8:56 am – 10:34 amUdvegavoid
10:34 am – 12:12 pmCharneutral
12:12 pm – 1:50 pmLabhgood
1:50 pm – 3:29 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:29 pm – 5:07 pmKaalavoid
5:07 pm – 6:45 pmShubhgood
Night
6:45 pm – 8:07 pmAmritgood
8:07 pm – 9:29 pmCharneutral
9:29 pm – 10:51 pmRogavoid
10:51 pm – 12:13 amKaalavoid
12:13 am – 1:35 amLabhgood
1:35 am – 2:57 amUdvegavoid
2:57 am – 4:19 amShubhgood
4:19 am – 5:41 amAmritgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:46 am – 12:39 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:53 am, moonset 10:16 pm.

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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

5:40 am – 6:46 amJupiter
6:46 am – 7:51 amMars
7:51 am – 8:56 amSun
8:56 am – 10:02 amVenus
10:02 am – 11:07 amMercury
11:07 am – 12:12 pmMoon
12:12 pm – 1:18 pmSaturn
1:18 pm – 2:23 pmJupiter
2:23 pm – 3:29 pmMars
3:29 pm – 4:34 pmSun
4:34 pm – 5:39 pmVenus
5:39 pm – 6:45 pmMercury
6:45 pm – 7:39 pmMoon
7:39 pm – 8:34 pmSaturn
8:34 pm – 9:29 pmJupiter
9:29 pm – 10:23 pmMars
10:23 pm – 11:18 pmSun
11:18 pm – 12:13 amVenus
12:13 am – 1:07 amMercury
1:07 am – 2:02 amMoon
2:02 am – 2:57 amSaturn
2:57 am – 3:51 amJupiter
3:51 am – 4:46 amMars
4:46 am – 5:41 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 4 minutes, 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 4:08 pm, yoga at 8:53 pm, nakshatra at 12:19 am Friday, karana at 3:02 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:50 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 8 July 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 4:08 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:40 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 8 July 2027?

1:50 pm to 3:29 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 5:40 am to 7:18 am and Gulikai 8:56 am to 10:34 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 8 July 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 5:40 am to 7:18 am, Labh 12:12 pm to 1:50 pm, Shubh 5:07 pm to 6:45 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:46 am to 12:39 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 8 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:53 am.

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.