Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Saturday, 13 March 2027

Saturday 13 March 2027

Rahu Kalam9:07 am – 10:37 am
Yamagandam1:37 pm – 3:07 pm
Gulikai6:07 am – 7:37 am
TithiShukla Panchami until 1:55 pm

Sunrise 6:07 am, sunset 6:07 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 1:55 pm

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

Nakshatra · Bharani

until 11:03 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 7:31 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 1:55 pm; then Kaulava until 1:16 am Sunday

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

9:07 am – 10:37 am

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

Yamagandam

1:37 pm – 3:07 pm

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

Gulikai

6:07 am – 7:37 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
6:07 am – 7:37 amKaalavoid
7:37 am – 9:07 amShubhgood
9:07 am – 10:37 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:37 am – 12:07 pmUdvegavoid
12:07 pm – 1:37 pmCharneutral
1:37 pm – 3:07 pmLabhgood
3:07 pm – 4:37 pmAmritgood
4:37 pm – 6:07 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:07 pm – 7:37 pmLabhgood
7:37 pm – 9:07 pmUdvegavoid
9:07 pm – 10:36 pmShubhgood
10:36 pm – 12:06 amAmritgood
12:06 am – 1:36 amCharneutral
1:36 am – 3:06 amRogavoid
3:06 am – 4:36 amKaalavoid
4:36 am – 6:06 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

11:43 am – 12:31 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:12 am, moonset 10:38 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.

6:07 am – 7:07 amSaturn
7:07 am – 8:07 amJupiter
8:07 am – 9:07 amMars
9:07 am – 10:07 amSun
10:07 am – 11:07 amVenus
11:07 am – 12:07 pmMercury
12:07 pm – 1:07 pmMoon
1:07 pm – 2:07 pmSaturn
2:07 pm – 3:07 pmJupiter
3:07 pm – 4:07 pmMars
4:07 pm – 5:07 pmSun
5:07 pm – 6:07 pmVenus
6:07 pm – 7:07 pmMercury
7:07 pm – 8:07 pmMoon
8:07 pm – 9:07 pmSaturn
9:07 pm – 10:07 pmJupiter
10:07 pm – 11:06 pmMars
11:06 pm – 12:06 amSun
12:06 am – 1:06 amVenus
1:06 am – 2:06 amMercury
2:06 am – 3:06 amMoon
3:06 am – 4:06 amSaturn
4:06 am – 5:06 amJupiter
5:06 am – 6:06 amMars

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: nakshatra at 11:03 am, tithi and karana at 1:55 pm, yoga at 7:31 pm, karana at 1:16 am Sunday.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:07 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 13 March 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 1:55 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:07 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 13 March 2027?

9:07 am to 10:37 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:37 pm to 3:07 pm and Gulikai 6:07 am to 7:37 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 13 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:37 am to 9:07 am, Labh 1:37 pm to 3:07 pm, Amrit 3:07 pm to 4:37 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:43 am to 12:31 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 13 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:12 am.

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.