Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Sunday, 18 July 2027

Sunday 18 July 2027

Rahu Kalam5:06 pm – 6:44 pm
Yamagandam12:14 pm – 1:51 pm
Gulikai3:29 pm – 5:06 pm
TithiPournami until 9:15 pm

Pournami

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

On this day

Panchangam details

Tithi · Pournami

until 9:15 pm

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

Nakshatra · Purva Ashadha

until 11:18 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 · Vaidhriti

until 3:22 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 8:01 am; then Bava until 9:15 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 5:43 am to 8:01 am. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

5:06 pm – 6:44 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:14 pm – 1:51 pm

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

Gulikai

3:29 pm – 5:06 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.

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

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:48 am – 12:40 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 6:43 pm; the Moon does not set again before the next sunrise.

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: the Sun on a Sunday.

5:43 am – 6:48 amSun
6:48 am – 7:53 amVenus
7:53 am – 8:59 amMercury
8:59 am – 10:04 amMoon
10:04 am – 11:09 amSaturn
11:09 am – 12:14 pmJupiter
12:14 pm – 1:19 pmMars
1:19 pm – 2:24 pmSun
2:24 pm – 3:29 pmVenus
3:29 pm – 4:34 pmMercury
4:34 pm – 5:39 pmMoon
5:39 pm – 6:44 pmSaturn
6:44 pm – 7:39 pmJupiter
7:39 pm – 8:34 pmMars
8:34 pm – 9:29 pmSun
9:29 pm – 10:24 pmVenus
10:24 pm – 11:19 pmMercury
11:19 pm – 12:14 amMoon
12:14 am – 1:09 amSaturn
1:09 am – 2:04 amJupiter
2:04 am – 2:59 amMars
2:59 am – 3:54 amSun
3:54 am – 4:49 amVenus
4:49 am – 5:44 amMercury

About this day

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

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 8:01 am, nakshatra at 11:18 am, yoga at 3:22 pm, tithi and karana at 9:15 pm.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 5:06 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 18 July 2027?

Pournami, until 9:15 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:43 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 18 July 2027?

5:06 pm to 6:44 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:14 pm to 1:51 pm and Gulikai 3:29 pm to 5:06 pm.

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

During daylight: Labh 8:59 am to 10:36 am, Amrit 10:36 am to 12:14 pm, Shubh 1:51 pm to 3:29 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:48 am to 12:40 pm.

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

Moonrise is at 6:43 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.