Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Saturday, 2 January 2027

Saturday 2 January 2027

Rahu Kalam9:14 am – 10:38 am
Yamagandam1:24 pm – 2:48 pm
Gulikai6:28 am – 7:51 am
TithiKrishna Dashami until 2:25 pm

Sunrise 6:28 am, sunset 5:34 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Dashami

until 2:25 pm

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

Nakshatra · Swati

until 7:20 pm

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

Yoga · Sukarma

until 11:29 am

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 2:25 pm; then Bava until 3:13 am Sunday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:28 am to 2:25 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

9:14 am – 10:38 am

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

Yamagandam

1:24 pm – 2:48 pm

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

Gulikai

6:28 am – 7:51 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
6:28 am – 7:51 amKaalavoid
7:51 am – 9:14 amShubhgood
9:14 am – 10:38 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:38 am – 12:01 pmUdvegavoid
12:01 pm – 1:24 pmCharneutral
1:24 pm – 2:48 pmLabhgood
2:48 pm – 4:11 pmAmritgood
4:11 pm – 5:34 pmKaalavoid
Night
5:34 pm – 7:11 pmLabhgood
7:11 pm – 8:48 pmUdvegavoid
8:48 pm – 10:24 pmShubhgood
10:24 pm – 12:01 amAmritgood
12:01 am – 1:38 amCharneutral
1:38 am – 3:15 amRogavoid
3:15 am – 4:51 amKaalavoid
4:51 am – 6:28 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

11:39 am – 12:23 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 2:38 am Sunday, moonset 1:07 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: Saturn on a Saturday.

6:28 am – 7:23 amSaturn
7:23 am – 8:19 amJupiter
8:19 am – 9:14 amMars
9:14 am – 10:10 amSun
10:10 am – 11:05 amVenus
11:05 am – 12:01 pmMercury
12:01 pm – 12:56 pmMoon
12:56 pm – 1:52 pmSaturn
1:52 pm – 2:48 pmJupiter
2:48 pm – 3:43 pmMars
3:43 pm – 4:39 pmSun
4:39 pm – 5:34 pmVenus
5:34 pm – 6:39 pmMercury
6:39 pm – 7:43 pmMoon
7:43 pm – 8:48 pmSaturn
8:48 pm – 9:52 pmJupiter
9:52 pm – 10:57 pmMars
10:57 pm – 12:01 amSun
12:01 am – 1:06 amVenus
1:06 am – 2:10 amMercury
2:10 am – 3:15 amMoon
3:15 am – 4:19 amSaturn
4:19 am – 5:24 amJupiter
5:24 am – 6:28 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:29 am, tithi and karana at 2:25 pm, nakshatra at 7:20 pm, karana at 3:13 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:14 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 2 January 2027?

Krishna Dashami, until 2:25 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:28 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 2 January 2027?

9:14 am to 10:38 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:24 pm to 2:48 pm and Gulikai 6:28 am to 7:51 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 2 January 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:51 am to 9:14 am, Labh 1:24 pm to 2:48 pm, Amrit 2:48 pm to 4:11 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:39 am to 12:23 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 2 January 2027?

Moonrise is at 2:38 am on Sunday 3 January.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Visakhapatnam (17.6868°N, 83.2185°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.