Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Friday, 1 October 2027

Friday 1 October 2027

Rahu Kalam10:27 am – 11:57 am
Yamagandam2:57 pm – 4:27 pm
Gulikai7:27 am – 8:57 am
TithiShukla Dwitiya until 3:34 am Saturday

Sunrise 5:57 am, sunset 5:57 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Dwitiya

until 3:34 am Saturday

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

Nakshatra · Chitra

until 12:50 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 · Indra

until 6:12 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 4:31 pm; then Kaulava until 3:34 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

10:27 am – 11:57 am

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

Yamagandam

2:57 pm – 4:27 pm

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

Gulikai

7:27 am – 8:57 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
5:57 am – 7:27 amCharneutral
7:27 am – 8:57 amLabhgood
8:57 am – 10:27 amAmritgood
10:27 am – 11:57 amKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
11:57 am – 1:27 pmShubhgood
1:27 pm – 2:57 pmRogavoid
2:57 pm – 4:27 pmUdvegavoid
4:27 pm – 5:57 pmCharneutral
Night
5:57 pm – 7:27 pmRogavoid
7:27 pm – 8:57 pmKaalavoid
8:57 pm – 10:27 pmLabhgood
10:27 pm – 11:57 pmUdvegavoid
11:57 pm – 1:27 amShubhgood
1:27 am – 2:57 amAmritgood
2:57 am – 4:27 amCharneutral
4:27 am – 5:57 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

11:33 am – 12:21 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 6:56 am, moonset 6:39 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: Venus on a Friday.

5:57 am – 6:57 amVenus
6:57 am – 7:57 amMercury
7:57 am – 8:57 amMoon
8:57 am – 9:57 amSaturn
9:57 am – 10:57 amJupiter
10:57 am – 11:57 amMars
11:57 am – 12:57 pmSun
12:57 pm – 1:57 pmVenus
1:57 pm – 2:57 pmMercury
2:57 pm – 3:57 pmMoon
3:57 pm – 4:57 pmSaturn
4:57 pm – 5:57 pmJupiter
5:57 pm – 6:57 pmMars
6:57 pm – 7:57 pmSun
7:57 pm – 8:57 pmVenus
8:57 pm – 9:57 pmMercury
9:57 pm – 10:57 pmMoon
10:57 pm – 11:57 pmSaturn
11:57 pm – 12:57 amJupiter
12:57 am – 1:57 amMars
1:57 am – 2:57 amSun
2:57 am – 3:57 amVenus
3:57 am – 4:57 amMercury
4:57 am – 5:57 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 4:31 pm, yoga at 6:12 pm, nakshatra at 12:50 am Saturday, tithi and karana at 3:34 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:27 am in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 1 October 2027?

Shukla Dwitiya, until 3:34 am Saturday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:57 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 1 October 2027?

10:27 am to 11:57 am, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 2:57 pm to 4:27 pm and Gulikai 7:27 am to 8:57 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 1 October 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:27 am to 8:57 am, Amrit 8:57 am to 10:27 am, Shubh 11:57 am to 1:27 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:33 am to 12:21 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 1 October 2027?

Moonrise is at 6:56 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.