Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Tuesday, 18 May 2027

Tuesday 18 May 2027

Rahu Kalam3:09 pm – 4:46 pm
Yamagandam8:39 am – 10:16 am
Gulikai11:54 am – 1:31 pm
TithiShukla Trayodashi until 4:04 pm

Sunrise 5:24 am, sunset 6:24 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Trayodashi

until 4:04 pm

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

Nakshatra · Chitra

until 11:43 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 · Vyatipata

until 11:56 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 4:04 pm; then Gara until 4:01 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

3:09 pm – 4:46 pm

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

Yamagandam

8:39 am – 10:16 am

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

Gulikai

11:54 am – 1:31 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
5:24 am – 7:01 amRogavoid
7:01 am – 8:39 amUdvegavoid
8:39 am – 10:16 amCharneutral
10:16 am – 11:54 amLabhgood
11:54 am – 1:31 pmAmritgood
1:31 pm – 3:09 pmKaalavoid
3:09 pm – 4:46 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:46 pm – 6:24 pmRogavoid
Night
6:24 pm – 7:46 pmKaalavoid
7:46 pm – 9:09 pmLabhgood
9:09 pm – 10:31 pmUdvegavoid
10:31 pm – 11:54 pmShubhgood
11:54 pm – 1:16 amAmritgood
1:16 am – 2:38 amCharneutral
2:38 am – 4:01 amRogavoid
4:01 am – 5:23 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

11:28 am – 12:20 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 4:39 pm, moonset 4:04 am Wednesday.

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.

5:24 am – 6:29 amMars
6:29 am – 7:34 amSun
7:34 am – 8:39 amVenus
8:39 am – 9:44 amMercury
9:44 am – 10:49 amMoon
10:49 am – 11:54 amSaturn
11:54 am – 12:59 pmJupiter
12:59 pm – 2:04 pmMars
2:04 pm – 3:09 pmSun
3:09 pm – 4:14 pmVenus
4:14 pm – 5:19 pmMercury
5:19 pm – 6:24 pmMoon
6:24 pm – 7:19 pmSaturn
7:19 pm – 8:14 pmJupiter
8:14 pm – 9:09 pmMars
9:09 pm – 10:04 pmSun
10:04 pm – 10:59 pmVenus
10:59 pm – 11:54 pmMercury
11:54 pm – 12:48 amMoon
12:48 am – 1:43 amSaturn
1:43 am – 2:38 amJupiter
2:38 am – 3:33 amMars
3:33 am – 4:28 amSun
4:28 am – 5:23 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 11:43 am, tithi and karana at 4:04 pm, yoga at 11:56 pm, karana at 4:01 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:09 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 18 May 2027?

Shukla Trayodashi, until 4:04 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:24 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 18 May 2027?

3:09 pm to 4:46 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 8:39 am to 10:16 am and Gulikai 11:54 am to 1:31 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 18 May 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:16 am to 11:54 am, Amrit 11:54 am to 1:31 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:28 am to 12:20 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 18 May 2027?

Moonrise is at 4:39 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.