Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Sunday, 19 December 2027

Sunday 19 December 2027

Rahu Kalam4:15 pm – 5:39 pm
Yamagandam12:04 pm – 1:28 pm
Gulikai2:52 pm – 4:15 pm
TithiKrishna Saptami until 3:34 am Monday

Sunrise 6:30 am, sunset 5:39 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Saptami

until 3:34 am Monday

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

Nakshatra · Purva Phalguni

until 2:07 am Monday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Priti

until 8:38 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 4:33 pm; then Bava until 3:34 am Monday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:30 am to 4:33 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

4:15 pm – 5:39 pm

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

Yamagandam

12:04 pm – 1:28 pm

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

Gulikai

2:52 pm – 4:15 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
6:30 am – 7:53 amUdvegavoid
7:53 am – 9:17 amCharneutral
9:17 am – 10:41 amLabhgood
10:41 am – 12:04 pmAmritgood
12:04 pm – 1:28 pmKaalavoid
1:28 pm – 2:52 pmShubhgood
2:52 pm – 4:15 pmRogavoid
4:15 pm – 5:39 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
5:39 pm – 7:15 pmShubhgood
7:15 pm – 8:52 pmAmritgood
8:52 pm – 10:28 pmCharneutral
10:28 pm – 12:04 amRogavoid
12:04 am – 1:41 amKaalavoid
1:41 am – 3:17 amLabhgood
3:17 am – 4:54 amUdvegavoid
4:54 am – 6:30 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

11:42 am – 12:27 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 11:33 pm, moonset 11:06 am.

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.

6:30 am – 7:25 amSun
7:25 am – 8:21 amVenus
8:21 am – 9:17 amMercury
9:17 am – 10:13 amMoon
10:13 am – 11:08 amSaturn
11:08 am – 12:04 pmJupiter
12:04 pm – 1:00 pmMars
1:00 pm – 1:56 pmSun
1:56 pm – 2:52 pmVenus
2:52 pm – 3:47 pmMercury
3:47 pm – 4:43 pmMoon
4:43 pm – 5:39 pmSaturn
5:39 pm – 6:43 pmJupiter
6:43 pm – 7:47 pmMars
7:47 pm – 8:52 pmSun
8:52 pm – 9:56 pmVenus
9:56 pm – 11:00 pmMercury
11:00 pm – 12:04 amMoon
12:04 am – 1:09 amSaturn
1:09 am – 2:13 amJupiter
2:13 am – 3:17 amMars
3:17 am – 4:22 amSun
4:22 am – 5:26 amVenus
5:26 am – 6:30 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 84 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 4:33 pm, yoga at 8:38 pm, nakshatra at 2:07 am Monday, tithi and karana at 3:34 am Monday.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:15 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 19 December 2027?

Krishna Saptami, until 3:34 am Monday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:30 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 19 December 2027?

4:15 pm to 5:39 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:04 pm to 1:28 pm and Gulikai 2:52 pm to 4:15 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 19 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 9:17 am to 10:41 am, Amrit 10:41 am to 12:04 pm, Shubh 1:28 pm to 2:52 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:42 am to 12:27 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 19 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 11:33 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.