Shastra Panchangam

Vijayawada, Tuesday, 21 December 2027

Tuesday 21 December 2027

Rahu Kalam2:53 pm – 4:16 pm
Yamagandam9:18 am – 10:42 am
Gulikai12:05 pm – 1:29 pm
TithiKrishna Navami until 12:35 am Wednesday

Sunrise 6:31 am, sunset 5:40 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Navami

until 12:35 am Wednesday

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

Nakshatra · Hasta

until 12:25 am Wednesday

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

Yoga · Saubhagya

until 3:33 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 1:11 pm; then Gara until 12:35 am Wednesday

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

2:53 pm – 4:16 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:18 am – 10:42 am

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

Gulikai

12:05 pm – 1:29 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
6:31 am – 7:54 amRogavoid
7:54 am – 9:18 amUdvegavoid
9:18 am – 10:42 amCharneutral
10:42 am – 12:05 pmLabhgood
12:05 pm – 1:29 pmAmritgood
1:29 pm – 2:53 pmKaalavoid
2:53 pm – 4:16 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:16 pm – 5:40 pmRogavoid
Night
5:40 pm – 7:16 pmKaalavoid
7:16 pm – 8:53 pmLabhgood
8:53 pm – 10:29 pmUdvegavoid
10:29 pm – 12:05 amShubhgood
12:05 am – 1:42 amAmritgood
1:42 am – 3:18 amCharneutral
3:18 am – 4:55 amRogavoid
4:55 am – 6:31 amKaalavoid

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:43 am – 12:28 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:24 am Wednesday, moonset 12:26 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: Mars on a Tuesday.

6:31 am – 7:26 amMars
7:26 am – 8:22 amSun
8:22 am – 9:18 amVenus
9:18 am – 10:14 amMercury
10:14 am – 11:09 amMoon
11:09 am – 12:05 pmSaturn
12:05 pm – 1:01 pmJupiter
1:01 pm – 1:57 pmMars
1:57 pm – 2:53 pmSun
2:53 pm – 3:48 pmVenus
3:48 pm – 4:44 pmMercury
4:44 pm – 5:40 pmMoon
5:40 pm – 6:44 pmSaturn
6:44 pm – 7:48 pmJupiter
7:48 pm – 8:53 pmMars
8:53 pm – 9:57 pmSun
9:57 pm – 11:01 pmVenus
11:01 pm – 12:05 amMercury
12:05 am – 1:10 amMoon
1:10 am – 2:14 amSaturn
2:14 am – 3:18 amJupiter
3:18 am – 4:23 amMars
4:23 am – 5:27 amSun
5:27 am – 6:31 amVenus

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 1:11 pm, yoga at 3:33 pm, nakshatra at 12:25 am Wednesday, tithi and karana at 12:35 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:53 pm in Vijayawada.

Questions

What is the tithi in Vijayawada on 21 December 2027?

Krishna Navami, until 12:35 am Wednesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:31 am in Vijayawada).

When is Rahu Kalam in Vijayawada on 21 December 2027?

2:53 pm to 4:16 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:18 am to 10:42 am and Gulikai 12:05 pm to 1:29 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Vijayawada on 21 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:42 am to 12:05 pm, Amrit 12:05 pm to 1:29 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:43 am to 12:28 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Vijayawada on 21 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 1:24 am on Wednesday 22 December.

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.