Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Saturday, 17 July 2027

Saturday 17 July 2027

Rahu Kalam8:58 am – 10:36 am
Yamagandam1:51 pm – 3:29 pm
Gulikai5:43 am – 7:21 am
TithiShukla Chaturdashi until 6:49 pm

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturdashi

until 6:49 pm

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

Nakshatra · Moola

until 8:22 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 · Indra

until 2:23 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 · Vanija

until 6:49 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:49 pm to 8:01 am Sunday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

8:58 am – 10:36 am

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

Yamagandam

1:51 pm – 3:29 pm

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

Gulikai

5:43 am – 7:21 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 Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
5:43 am – 7:21 amKaalavoid
7:21 am – 8:58 amShubhgood
8:58 am – 10:36 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:36 am – 12:14 pmUdvegavoid
12:14 pm – 1:51 pmCharneutral
1:51 pm – 3:29 pmLabhgood
3:29 pm – 5:06 pmAmritgood
5:06 pm – 6:44 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:44 pm – 8:06 pmLabhgood
8:06 pm – 9:29 pmUdvegavoid
9:29 pm – 10:51 pmShubhgood
10:51 pm – 12:14 amAmritgood
12:14 am – 1:36 amCharneutral
1:36 am – 2:59 amRogavoid
2:59 am – 4:21 amKaalavoid
4:21 am – 5:43 amLabhgood

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 – 12:40 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 5:58 pm, moonset 5:09 am Sunday.

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: Saturn on a Saturday.

5:43 am – 6:48 amSaturn
6:48 am – 7:53 amJupiter
7:53 am – 8:58 amMars
8:58 am – 10:03 amSun
10:03 am – 11:08 amVenus
11:08 am – 12:14 pmMercury
12:14 pm – 1:19 pmMoon
1:19 pm – 2:24 pmSaturn
2:24 pm – 3:29 pmJupiter
3:29 pm – 4:34 pmMars
4:34 pm – 5:39 pmSun
5:39 pm – 6:44 pmVenus
6:44 pm – 7:39 pmMercury
7:39 pm – 8:34 pmMoon
8:34 pm – 9:29 pmSaturn
9:29 pm – 10:24 pmJupiter
10:24 pm – 11:19 pmMars
11:19 pm – 12:14 amSun
12:14 am – 1:09 amVenus
1:09 am – 2:04 amMercury
2:04 am – 2:59 amMoon
2:59 am – 3:54 amSaturn
3:54 am – 4:48 amJupiter
4:48 am – 5:43 amMars

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: nakshatra at 8:22 am, yoga at 2:23 pm, tithi and karana at 6:49 pm.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 8:58 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 17 July 2027?

Shukla Chaturdashi, until 6:49 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:43 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 17 July 2027?

8:58 am to 10:36 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:51 pm to 3:29 pm and Gulikai 5:43 am to 7:21 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 17 July 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:21 am to 8:58 am, Labh 1:51 pm to 3:29 pm, Amrit 3:29 pm to 5:06 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:47 am to 12:40 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 17 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 5:58 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.