Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Sunday, 23 May 2027

Sunday 23 May 2027

Rahu Kalam4:47 pm – 6:25 pm
Yamagandam11:54 am – 1:32 pm
Gulikai3:10 pm – 4:47 pm
TithiKrishna Tritiya until 8:42 pm

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Tritiya

until 8:42 pm

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

Nakshatra · Moola

until 7:18 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 · Sadhya

until 11:02 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 7:42 am; then Vishti until 8:42 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 7:42 am to 8:42 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

4:47 pm – 6:25 pm

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

Yamagandam

11:54 am – 1:32 pm

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

Gulikai

3:10 pm – 4:47 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.

Day
5:23 am – 7:00 amUdvegavoid
7:00 am – 8:38 amCharneutral
8:38 am – 10:16 amLabhgood
10:16 am – 11:54 amAmritgood
11:54 am – 1:32 pmKaalavoid
1:32 pm – 3:10 pmShubhgood
3:10 pm – 4:47 pmRogavoid
4:47 pm – 6:25 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
6:25 pm – 7:47 pmShubhgood
7:47 pm – 9:10 pmAmritgood
9:10 pm – 10:32 pmCharneutral
10:32 pm – 11:54 pmRogavoid
11:54 pm – 1:16 amKaalavoid
1:16 am – 2:38 amLabhgood
2:38 am – 4:00 amUdvegavoid
4:00 am – 5:22 amShubhgood

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 9:11 pm, moonset 7:21 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: the Sun on a Sunday.

5:23 am – 6:28 amSun
6:28 am – 7:33 amVenus
7:33 am – 8:38 amMercury
8:38 am – 9:43 amMoon
9:43 am – 10:49 amSaturn
10:49 am – 11:54 amJupiter
11:54 am – 12:59 pmMars
12:59 pm – 2:04 pmSun
2:04 pm – 3:10 pmVenus
3:10 pm – 4:15 pmMercury
4:15 pm – 5:20 pmMoon
5:20 pm – 6:25 pmSaturn
6:25 pm – 7:20 pmJupiter
7:20 pm – 8:15 pmMars
8:15 pm – 9:10 pmSun
9:10 pm – 10:04 pmVenus
10:04 pm – 10:59 pmMercury
10:59 pm – 11:54 pmMoon
11:54 pm – 12:49 amSaturn
12:49 am – 1:43 amJupiter
1:43 am – 2:38 amMars
2:38 am – 3:33 amSun
3:33 am – 4:28 amVenus
4:28 am – 5:22 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 7:42 am, nakshatra at 7:18 pm, tithi and karana at 8:42 pm, yoga at 11:02 pm.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:47 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 23 May 2027?

Krishna Tritiya, until 8:42 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:23 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 23 May 2027?

4:47 pm to 6:25 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 11:54 am to 1:32 pm and Gulikai 3:10 pm to 4:47 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 23 May 2027?

During daylight: Labh 8:38 am to 10:16 am, Amrit 10:16 am to 11:54 am, Shubh 1:32 pm to 3:10 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:28 am to 12:20 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 23 May 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:11 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.