Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Saturday, 22 May 2027

Saturday 22 May 2027

Rahu Kalam8:38 am – 10:16 am
Yamagandam1:32 pm – 3:09 pm
Gulikai5:23 am – 7:01 am
TithiKrishna Dwitiya until 6:49 pm

Sunrise 5:23 am, sunset 6:25 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Dwitiya

until 6:49 pm

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

Nakshatra · Jyeshtha

until 4:51 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 · Siddha

until 10:28 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 6:02 am; then Gara until 6:49 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

8:38 am – 10:16 am

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

Yamagandam

1:32 pm – 3:09 pm

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

Gulikai

5:23 am – 7:01 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
5:23 am – 7:01 amKaalavoid
7:01 am – 8:38 amShubhgood
8:38 am – 10:16 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:16 am – 11:54 amUdvegavoid
11:54 am – 1:32 pmCharneutral
1:32 pm – 3:09 pmLabhgood
3:09 pm – 4:47 pmAmritgood
4:47 pm – 6:25 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:25 pm – 7:47 pmLabhgood
7:47 pm – 9:09 pmUdvegavoid
9:09 pm – 10:32 pmShubhgood
10:32 pm – 11:54 pmAmritgood
11:54 pm – 1:16 amCharneutral
1:16 am – 2:38 amRogavoid
2:38 am – 4:00 amKaalavoid
4:00 am – 5:23 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

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

The Moon

Moonrise 8:21 pm, moonset 6:28 am.

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.

5:23 am – 6:28 amSaturn
6:28 am – 7:33 amJupiter
7:33 am – 8:38 amMars
8:38 am – 9:43 amSun
9:43 am – 10:49 amVenus
10:49 am – 11:54 amMercury
11:54 am – 12:59 pmMoon
12:59 pm – 2:04 pmSaturn
2:04 pm – 3:09 pmJupiter
3:09 pm – 4:15 pmMars
4:15 pm – 5:20 pmSun
5:20 pm – 6:25 pmVenus
6:25 pm – 7:20 pmMercury
7:20 pm – 8:15 pmMoon
8:15 pm – 9:09 pmSaturn
9:09 pm – 10:04 pmJupiter
10:04 pm – 10:59 pmMars
10:59 pm – 11:54 pmSun
11:54 pm – 12:49 amVenus
12:49 am – 1:43 amMercury
1:43 am – 2:38 amMoon
2:38 am – 3:33 amSaturn
3:33 am – 4:28 amJupiter
4:28 am – 5:23 amMars

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 6:02 am, nakshatra at 4:51 pm, tithi and karana at 6:49 pm, yoga at 10:28 pm.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 8:38 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 22 May 2027?

Krishna Dwitiya, until 6:49 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:23 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 22 May 2027?

8:38 am to 10:16 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:32 pm to 3:09 pm and Gulikai 5:23 am to 7:01 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 22 May 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:01 am to 8:38 am, Labh 1:32 pm to 3:09 pm, Amrit 3:09 pm to 4:47 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:28 am to 12:20 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 22 May 2027?

Moonrise is at 8:21 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.