Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Wednesday, 14 July 2027

Wednesday 14 July 2027

Rahu Kalam12:13 pm – 1:51 pm
Yamagandam7:20 am – 8:58 am
Gulikai10:35 am – 12:13 pm
TithiShukla Ekadashi until 1:11 pm

Sunrise 5:42 am, sunset 6:44 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi

until 1:11 pm

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

Nakshatra · Anuradha

until 3:18 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 · Shubha

until 12:49 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 · Vishti

until 1:11 pm; then Bava until 1:53 am Thursday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 5:42 am to 1:11 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

12:13 pm – 1:51 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:20 am – 8:58 am

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

Gulikai

10:35 am – 12:13 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
5:42 am – 7:20 amLabhgood
7:20 am – 8:58 amAmritgood
8:58 am – 10:35 amKaalavoid
10:35 am – 12:13 pmShubhgood
12:13 pm – 1:51 pmRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
1:51 pm – 3:29 pmUdvegavoid
3:29 pm – 5:07 pmCharneutral
5:07 pm – 6:44 pmLabhgood
Night
6:44 pm – 8:07 pmUdvegavoid
8:07 pm – 9:29 pmShubhgood
9:29 pm – 10:51 pmAmritgood
10:51 pm – 12:13 amCharneutral
12:13 am – 1:36 amRogavoid
1:36 am – 2:58 amKaalavoid
2:58 am – 4:20 amLabhgood
4:20 am – 5:42 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

11:47 am – 12:39 pm. The muhurta around solar noon; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 3:24 pm, moonset 2:32 am Thursday.

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.

5:42 am – 6:47 amMercury
6:47 am – 7:53 amMoon
7:53 am – 8:58 amSaturn
8:58 am – 10:03 amJupiter
10:03 am – 11:08 amMars
11:08 am – 12:13 pmSun
12:13 pm – 1:18 pmVenus
1:18 pm – 2:24 pmMercury
2:24 pm – 3:29 pmMoon
3:29 pm – 4:34 pmSaturn
4:34 pm – 5:39 pmJupiter
5:39 pm – 6:44 pmMars
6:44 pm – 7:39 pmSun
7:39 pm – 8:34 pmVenus
8:34 pm – 9:29 pmMercury
9:29 pm – 10:24 pmMoon
10:24 pm – 11:19 pmSaturn
11:19 pm – 12:13 amJupiter
12:13 am – 1:08 amMars
1:08 am – 2:03 amSun
2:03 am – 2:58 amVenus
2:58 am – 3:53 amMercury
3:53 am – 4:48 amMoon
4:48 am – 5:42 amSaturn

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 12:49 pm, tithi and karana at 1:11 pm, karana at 1:53 am Thursday, nakshatra at 3:18 am Thursday.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 12:13 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 14 July 2027?

Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:11 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:42 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 14 July 2027?

12:13 pm to 1:51 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 7:20 am to 8:58 am and Gulikai 10:35 am to 12:13 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 14 July 2027?

During daylight: Labh 5:42 am to 7:20 am, Amrit 7:20 am to 8:58 am, Shubh 10:35 am to 12:13 pm, Labh 5:07 pm to 6:44 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:47 am to 12:39 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 14 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 3:24 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.