Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Wednesday, 19 May 2027

Wednesday 19 May 2027

Rahu Kalam11:54 am – 1:31 pm
Yamagandam7:01 am – 8:39 am
Gulikai10:16 am – 11:54 am
TithiShukla Chaturdashi until 4:03 pm

Sunrise 5:23 am, sunset 6:24 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturdashi

until 4:03 pm

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

Nakshatra · Swati

until 12:19 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 · Variyana

until 11:00 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 · Vanija

until 4:03 pm; then Vishti until 4:13 am Thursday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 4:03 pm to 4:13 am Thursday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

11:54 am – 1:31 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:01 am – 8:39 am

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

Gulikai

10:16 am – 11:54 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 Wednesday the day starts with Labh.

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

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; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 5:35 pm, moonset 4:49 am Thursday.

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: Mercury on a Wednesday.

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

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 12:19 pm, tithi and karana at 4:03 pm, yoga at 11:00 pm, karana at 4:13 am Thursday.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 11:54 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 19 May 2027?

Shukla Chaturdashi, until 4:03 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:23 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 19 May 2027?

11:54 am to 1:31 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 7:01 am to 8:39 am and Gulikai 10:16 am to 11:54 am.

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

During daylight: Labh 5:23 am to 7:01 am, Amrit 7:01 am to 8:39 am, Shubh 10:16 am to 11:54 am, Labh 4:46 pm to 6:24 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:28 am to 12:20 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

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

Moonrise is at 5:35 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.