Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Wednesday, 26 May 2027

Wednesday 26 May 2027

Rahu Kalam11:54 am – 1:32 pm
Yamagandam7:00 am – 8:38 am
Gulikai10:16 am – 11:54 am
TithiKrishna Shashti until 4:05 am Thursday

Sunrise 5:22 am, sunset 6:26 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Shashti

until 4:05 am Thursday

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

Nakshatra · Shravana

until 4:20 am Thursday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Brahma

until 2:02 am Thursday

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 · Gara

until 2:49 pm; then Vanija until 4:05 am Thursday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 4:05 am to 5:18 pm on Thursday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

11:54 am – 1:32 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:00 am – 8:38 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
5:22 am – 7:00 amLabhgood
7:00 am – 8:38 amAmritgood
8:38 am – 10:16 amKaalavoid
10:16 am – 11:54 amShubhgood
11:54 am – 1:32 pmRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
1:32 pm – 3:10 pmUdvegavoid
3:10 pm – 4:48 pmCharneutral
4:48 pm – 6:26 pmLabhgood
Night
6:26 pm – 7:48 pmUdvegavoid
7:48 pm – 9:10 pmShubhgood
9:10 pm – 10:32 pmAmritgood
10:32 pm – 11:54 pmCharneutral
11:54 pm – 1:16 amRogavoid
1:16 am – 2:38 amKaalavoid
2:38 am – 4:00 amLabhgood
4:00 am – 5:22 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 11:16 pm, moonset 9:59 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: Mercury on a Wednesday.

5:22 am – 6:27 amMercury
6:27 am – 7:33 amMoon
7:33 am – 8:38 amSaturn
8:38 am – 9:43 amJupiter
9:43 am – 10:49 amMars
10:49 am – 11:54 amSun
11:54 am – 1:00 pmVenus
1:00 pm – 2:05 pmMercury
2:05 pm – 3:10 pmMoon
3:10 pm – 4:16 pmSaturn
4:16 pm – 5:21 pmJupiter
5:21 pm – 6:26 pmMars
6:26 pm – 7:21 pmSun
7:21 pm – 8:16 pmVenus
8:16 pm – 9:10 pmMercury
9:10 pm – 10:05 pmMoon
10:05 pm – 11:00 pmSaturn
11:00 pm – 11:54 pmJupiter
11:54 pm – 12:49 amMars
12:49 am – 1:43 amSun
1:43 am – 2:38 amVenus
2:38 am – 3:33 amMercury
3:33 am – 4:27 amMoon
4:27 am – 5:22 amSaturn

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 2:49 pm, yoga at 2:02 am Thursday, tithi and karana at 4:05 am Thursday, nakshatra at 4:20 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 26 May 2027?

Krishna Shashti, until 4:05 am Thursday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:22 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 26 May 2027?

11:54 am to 1:32 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 7:00 am to 8:38 am and Gulikai 10:16 am to 11:54 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 26 May 2027?

During daylight: Labh 5:22 am to 7:00 am, Amrit 7:00 am to 8:38 am, Shubh 10:16 am to 11:54 am, Labh 4:48 pm to 6:26 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 26 May 2027?

Moonrise is at 11:16 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.