Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Friday, 9 July 2027

Friday 9 July 2027

Rahu Kalam10:24 am – 12:02 pm
Yamagandam3:19 pm – 4:58 pm
Gulikai7:07 am – 8:45 am
TithiShukla Shashti until 2:04 pm

Sunrise 5:28 am, sunset 6:36 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Shashti

until 2:04 pm

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

Nakshatra · Uttara Phalguni

until 11:16 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 · Variyana

until 6:17 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 2:04 pm; then Gara until 1:16 am Saturday

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

10:24 am – 12:02 pm

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

Yamagandam

3:19 pm – 4:58 pm

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

Gulikai

7:07 am – 8:45 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 Friday the day starts with Char.

Day
5:28 am – 7:07 amCharneutral
7:07 am – 8:45 amLabhgood
8:45 am – 10:24 amAmritgood
10:24 am – 12:02 pmKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
12:02 pm – 1:41 pmShubhgood
1:41 pm – 3:19 pmRogavoid
3:19 pm – 4:58 pmUdvegavoid
4:58 pm – 6:36 pmCharneutral
Night
6:36 pm – 7:58 pmRogavoid
7:58 pm – 9:19 pmKaalavoid
9:19 pm – 10:41 pmLabhgood
10:41 pm – 12:02 amUdvegavoid
12:02 am – 1:24 amShubhgood
1:24 am – 2:45 amAmritgood
2:45 am – 4:07 amCharneutral
4:07 am – 5:28 amRogavoid

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 – 12:29 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 10:39 am, moonset 10:44 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: Venus on a Friday.

5:28 am – 6:34 amVenus
6:34 am – 7:39 amMercury
7:39 am – 8:45 amMoon
8:45 am – 9:51 amSaturn
9:51 am – 10:57 amJupiter
10:57 am – 12:02 pmMars
12:02 pm – 1:08 pmSun
1:08 pm – 2:14 pmVenus
2:14 pm – 3:19 pmMercury
3:19 pm – 4:25 pmMoon
4:25 pm – 5:31 pmSaturn
5:31 pm – 6:36 pmJupiter
6:36 pm – 7:31 pmMars
7:31 pm – 8:25 pmSun
8:25 pm – 9:19 pmVenus
9:19 pm – 10:14 pmMercury
10:14 pm – 11:08 pmMoon
11:08 pm – 12:02 amSaturn
12:02 am – 12:57 amJupiter
12:57 am – 1:51 amMars
1:51 am – 2:45 amSun
2:45 am – 3:40 amVenus
3:40 am – 4:34 amMercury
4:34 am – 5:28 amMoon

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 8 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 2:04 pm, yoga at 6:17 pm, nakshatra at 11:16 pm, karana at 1:16 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:24 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 9 July 2027?

Shukla Shashti, until 2:04 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:28 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 9 July 2027?

10:24 am to 12:02 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:19 pm to 4:58 pm and Gulikai 7:07 am to 8:45 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 9 July 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:07 am to 8:45 am, Amrit 8:45 am to 10:24 am, Shubh 12:02 pm to 1:41 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:36 am to 12:29 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 9 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:39 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.