Visakhapatnam, Thursday, 18 March 2027
Thursday 18 March 2027
The next day, Friday 19 March
Sunrise 6:03 am, sunset 6:08 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi
until 1:52 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Pushya
until 3:21 am Friday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Atiganda
until 2:35 am Friday
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 · Vanija
until 3:08 pm; then Vishti until 1:52 am Friday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:08 pm to 1:52 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
1:36 pm – 3:07 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:03 am – 7:34 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:04 am – 10:35 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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:03 am – 7:34 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:34 am – 9:04 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:04 am – 10:35 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:35 am – 12:05 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:05 pm – 1:36 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:36 pm – 3:07 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:07 pm – 4:37 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:37 pm – 6:08 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:08 pm – 7:37 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:37 pm – 9:06 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:06 pm – 10:36 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:36 pm – 12:05 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:05 am – 1:34 am | Labh | good |
| 1:34 am – 3:04 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:04 am – 4:33 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:33 am – 6:02 am | Amrit | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:41 am – 12:30 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 2:14 pm, moonset 3:27 am Friday.
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: Jupiter on a Thursday.
| 6:03 am – 7:04 am | Jupiter |
| 7:04 am – 8:04 am | Mars |
| 8:04 am – 9:04 am | Sun |
| 9:04 am – 10:05 am | Venus |
| 10:05 am – 11:05 am | Mercury |
| 11:05 am – 12:05 pm | Moon |
| 12:05 pm – 1:06 pm | Saturn |
| 1:06 pm – 2:06 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:06 pm – 3:07 pm | Mars |
| 3:07 pm – 4:07 pm | Sun |
| 4:07 pm – 5:07 pm | Venus |
| 5:07 pm – 6:08 pm | Mercury |
| 6:08 pm – 7:07 pm | Moon |
| 7:07 pm – 8:07 pm | Saturn |
| 8:07 pm – 9:06 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:06 pm – 10:06 pm | Mars |
| 10:06 pm – 11:05 pm | Sun |
| 11:05 pm – 12:05 am | Venus |
| 12:05 am – 1:05 am | Mercury |
| 1:05 am – 2:04 am | Moon |
| 2:04 am – 3:04 am | Saturn |
| 3:04 am – 4:03 am | Jupiter |
| 4:03 am – 5:03 am | Mars |
| 5:03 am – 6:02 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:08 pm, tithi and karana at 1:52 am Friday, yoga at 2:35 am Friday, nakshatra at 3:21 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:36 pm in Visakhapatnam.
Questions
What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 18 March 2027?
Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:03 am in Visakhapatnam).
When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 18 March 2027?
1:36 pm to 3:07 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:03 am to 7:34 am and Gulikai 9:04 am to 10:35 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 18 March 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 6:03 am to 7:34 am, Labh 12:05 pm to 1:36 pm, Shubh 4:37 pm to 6:08 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:41 am to 12:30 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 18 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 2:14 pm.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Visakhapatnam (17.6868°N, 83.2185°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.