Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Thursday, 8 July 2027

Thursday 8 July 2027

Rahu Kalam1:41 pm – 3:19 pm
Yamagandam5:28 am – 7:06 am
Gulikai8:45 am – 10:24 am
TithiShukla Panchami until 4:08 pm

Sunrise 5:28 am, sunset 6:37 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 4:08 pm

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

Nakshatra · Purva Phalguni

until 12:19 am Friday

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

Yoga · Vyatipata

until 8:53 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 · Balava

until 4:08 pm; then Kaulava until 3:02 am Friday

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

1:41 pm – 3:19 pm

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

Yamagandam

5:28 am – 7:06 am

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

Gulikai

8:45 am – 10:24 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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.

Day
5:28 am – 7:06 amShubhgood
7:06 am – 8:45 amRogavoid
8:45 am – 10:24 amUdvegavoid
10:24 am – 12:02 pmCharneutral
12:02 pm – 1:41 pmLabhgood
1:41 pm – 3:19 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:19 pm – 4:58 pmKaalavoid
4:58 pm – 6:37 pmShubhgood
Night
6:37 pm – 7:58 pmAmritgood
7:58 pm – 9:19 pmCharneutral
9:19 pm – 10:41 pmRogavoid
10:41 pm – 12:02 amKaalavoid
12:02 am – 1:24 amLabhgood
1:24 am – 2:45 amUdvegavoid
2:45 am – 4:07 amShubhgood
4:07 am – 5:28 amAmritgood

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, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:42 am, moonset 10:06 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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

5:28 am – 6:33 amJupiter
6:33 am – 7:39 amMars
7:39 am – 8:45 amSun
8:45 am – 9:51 amVenus
9:51 am – 10:56 amMercury
10:56 am – 12:02 pmMoon
12:02 pm – 1:08 pmSaturn
1:08 pm – 2:14 pmJupiter
2:14 pm – 3:19 pmMars
3:19 pm – 4:25 pmSun
4:25 pm – 5:31 pmVenus
5:31 pm – 6:37 pmMercury
6:37 pm – 7:31 pmMoon
7:31 pm – 8:25 pmSaturn
8:25 pm – 9:19 pmJupiter
9:19 pm – 10:14 pmMars
10:14 pm – 11:08 pmSun
11:08 pm – 12:02 amVenus
12:02 am – 12:57 amMercury
12:57 am – 1:51 amMoon
1:51 am – 2:45 amSaturn
2:45 am – 3:39 amJupiter
3:39 am – 4:34 amMars
4:34 am – 5:28 amSun

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: tithi and karana at 4:08 pm, yoga at 8:53 pm, nakshatra at 12:19 am Friday, karana at 3:02 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:41 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 8 July 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 4:08 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:28 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 8 July 2027?

1:41 pm to 3:19 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 5:28 am to 7:06 am and Gulikai 8:45 am to 10:24 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 8 July 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 5:28 am to 7:06 am, Labh 12:02 pm to 1:41 pm, Shubh 4:58 pm to 6:37 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:36 am to 12:28 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 8 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:42 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.