Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Friday, 19 March 2027

Friday 19 March 2027

Rahu Kalam10:34 am – 12:05 pm
Yamagandam3:07 pm – 4:37 pm
Gulikai7:33 am – 9:04 am
TithiShukla Dwadashi until 11:18 pm

Sunrise 6:02 am, sunset 6:08 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Dwadashi

until 11:18 pm

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

Nakshatra · Ashlesha

until 1:32 am Saturday

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 11:20 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 · Bava

until 12:35 pm; then Balava until 11:18 pm

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

10:34 am – 12:05 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:07 pm – 4:37 pm

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

Gulikai

7:33 am – 9:04 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 Friday the day starts with Char.

Day
6:02 am – 7:33 amCharneutral
7:33 am – 9:04 amLabhgood
9:04 am – 10:34 amAmritgood
10:34 am – 12:05 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:05 pm – 1:36 pmShubhgood
1:36 pm – 3:07 pmRogavoid
3:07 pm – 4:37 pmUdvegavoid
4:37 pm – 6:08 pmCharneutral
Night
6:08 pm – 7:37 pmRogavoid
7:37 pm – 9:06 pmKaalavoid
9:06 pm – 10:36 pmLabhgood
10:36 pm – 12:05 amUdvegavoid
12:05 am – 1:34 amShubhgood
1:34 am – 3:03 amAmritgood
3:03 am – 4:32 amCharneutral
4:32 am – 6:02 amRogavoid

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 – 12:29 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 3:16 pm, moonset 4:12 am Saturday.

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: Venus on a Friday.

6:02 am – 7:03 amVenus
7:03 am – 8:03 amMercury
8:03 am – 9:04 amMoon
9:04 am – 10:04 amSaturn
10:04 am – 11:05 amJupiter
11:05 am – 12:05 pmMars
12:05 pm – 1:06 pmSun
1:06 pm – 2:06 pmVenus
2:06 pm – 3:07 pmMercury
3:07 pm – 4:07 pmMoon
4:07 pm – 5:07 pmSaturn
5:07 pm – 6:08 pmJupiter
6:08 pm – 7:07 pmMars
7:07 pm – 8:07 pmSun
8:07 pm – 9:06 pmVenus
9:06 pm – 10:06 pmMercury
10:06 pm – 11:05 pmMoon
11:05 pm – 12:05 amSaturn
12:05 am – 1:04 amJupiter
1:04 am – 2:04 amMars
2:04 am – 3:03 amSun
3:03 am – 4:03 amVenus
4:03 am – 5:02 amMercury
5:02 am – 6:02 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 12:35 pm, tithi and karana at 11:18 pm, yoga at 11:20 pm, nakshatra at 1:32 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:34 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 19 March 2027?

Shukla Dwadashi, until 11:18 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:02 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 19 March 2027?

10:34 am to 12:05 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:07 pm to 4:37 pm and Gulikai 7:33 am to 9:04 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 19 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:33 am to 9:04 am, Amrit 9:04 am to 10:34 am, Shubh 12:05 pm to 1:36 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:41 am to 12:29 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 19 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 3:16 pm.

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.