Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Wednesday, 7 July 2027

Wednesday 7 July 2027

Rahu Kalam12:02 pm – 1:41 pm
Yamagandam7:06 am – 8:45 am
Gulikai10:23 am – 12:02 pm
TithiShukla Chaturthi until 6:45 pm

Sunrise 5:27 am, sunset 6:37 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi

until 6:45 pm

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

Nakshatra · Magha

until 1:56 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 · Siddhi

until 11:58 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 8:14 am; then Vishti until 6:45 pm; then Bava until 5:22 am Thursday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 8:14 am to 6:45 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

12:02 pm – 1:41 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:06 am – 8:45 am

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

Gulikai

10:23 am – 12:02 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 Wednesday the day starts with Labh.

Day
5:27 am – 7:06 amLabhgood
7:06 am – 8:45 amAmritgood
8:45 am – 10:23 amKaalavoid
10:23 am – 12:02 pmShubhgood
12:02 pm – 1:41 pmRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
1:41 pm – 3:19 pmUdvegavoid
3:19 pm – 4:58 pmCharneutral
4:58 pm – 6:37 pmLabhgood
Night
6:37 pm – 7:58 pmUdvegavoid
7:58 pm – 9:19 pmShubhgood
9:19 pm – 10:41 pmAmritgood
10:41 pm – 12:02 amCharneutral
12:02 am – 1:24 amRogavoid
1:24 am – 2:45 amKaalavoid
2:45 am – 4:06 amLabhgood
4:06 am – 5:28 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

11:36 am – 12:28 pm. The muhurta around solar noon; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 8:43 am, moonset 9:25 pm.

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.

5:27 am – 6:33 amMercury
6:33 am – 7:39 amMoon
7:39 am – 8:45 amSaturn
8:45 am – 9:50 amJupiter
9:50 am – 10:56 amMars
10:56 am – 12:02 pmSun
12:02 pm – 1:08 pmVenus
1:08 pm – 2:13 pmMercury
2:13 pm – 3:19 pmMoon
3:19 pm – 4:25 pmSaturn
4:25 pm – 5:31 pmJupiter
5:31 pm – 6:37 pmMars
6:37 pm – 7:31 pmSun
7:31 pm – 8:25 pmVenus
8:25 pm – 9:19 pmMercury
9:19 pm – 10:14 pmMoon
10:14 pm – 11:08 pmSaturn
11:08 pm – 12:02 amJupiter
12:02 am – 12:56 amMars
12:56 am – 1:51 amSun
1:51 am – 2:45 amVenus
2:45 am – 3:39 amMercury
3:39 am – 4:33 amMoon
4:33 am – 5:28 amSaturn

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 99 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 8:14 am, tithi and karana at 6:45 pm, yoga at 11:58 pm, nakshatra at 1:56 am Thursday, karana at 5:22 am Thursday.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 12:02 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 7 July 2027?

Shukla Chaturthi, until 6:45 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:27 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 7 July 2027?

12:02 pm to 1:41 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 7:06 am to 8:45 am and Gulikai 10:23 am to 12:02 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 7 July 2027?

During daylight: Labh 5:27 am to 7:06 am, Amrit 7:06 am to 8:45 am, Shubh 10:23 am to 12:02 pm, Labh 4:58 pm to 6:37 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:36 am to 12:28 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 7 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 8:43 am.

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.