Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Friday, 16 July 2027

Friday 16 July 2027

Rahu Kalam10:36 am – 12:13 pm
Yamagandam3:29 pm – 5:06 pm
Gulikai7:20 am – 8:58 am
TithiShukla Trayodashi until 4:35 pm

Sunrise 5:43 am, sunset 6:44 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Trayodashi

until 4:35 pm

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

Nakshatra · Moola

until 8:22 am Saturday

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 1:36 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 · Taitila

until 4:35 pm; then Gara until 5:40 am Saturday

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

10:36 am – 12:13 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:29 pm – 5:06 pm

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

Gulikai

7:20 am – 8:58 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
5:43 am – 7:20 amCharneutral
7:20 am – 8:58 amLabhgood
8:58 am – 10:36 amAmritgood
10:36 am – 12:13 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:13 pm – 1:51 pmShubhgood
1:51 pm – 3:29 pmRogavoid
3:29 pm – 5:06 pmUdvegavoid
5:06 pm – 6:44 pmCharneutral
Night
6:44 pm – 8:06 pmRogavoid
8:06 pm – 9:29 pmKaalavoid
9:29 pm – 10:51 pmLabhgood
10:51 pm – 12:14 amUdvegavoid
12:14 am – 1:36 amShubhgood
1:36 am – 2:58 amAmritgood
2:58 am – 4:21 amCharneutral
4:21 am – 5:43 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

11:47 am – 12:39 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 5:10 pm, moonset 4:16 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.

5:43 am – 6:48 amVenus
6:48 am – 7:53 amMercury
7:53 am – 8:58 amMoon
8:58 am – 10:03 amSaturn
10:03 am – 11:08 amJupiter
11:08 am – 12:13 pmMars
12:13 pm – 1:19 pmSun
1:19 pm – 2:24 pmVenus
2:24 pm – 3:29 pmMercury
3:29 pm – 4:34 pmMoon
4:34 pm – 5:39 pmSaturn
5:39 pm – 6:44 pmJupiter
6:44 pm – 7:39 pmMars
7:39 pm – 8:34 pmSun
8:34 pm – 9:29 pmVenus
9:29 pm – 10:24 pmMercury
10:24 pm – 11:19 pmMoon
11:19 pm – 12:14 amSaturn
12:14 am – 1:09 amJupiter
1:09 am – 2:03 amMars
2:03 am – 2:58 amSun
2:58 am – 3:53 amVenus
3:53 am – 4:48 amMercury
4:48 am – 5:43 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: yoga at 1:36 pm, tithi and karana at 4:35 pm, karana at 5:40 am Saturday. The nakshatra runs on past the next sunrise, until 8:22 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:36 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 16 July 2027?

Shukla Trayodashi, until 4:35 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:43 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 16 July 2027?

10:36 am to 12:13 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:29 pm to 5:06 pm and Gulikai 7:20 am to 8:58 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 16 July 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:20 am to 8:58 am, Amrit 8:58 am to 10:36 am, Shubh 12:13 pm to 1:51 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:47 am to 12:39 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 16 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 5:10 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.