Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Saturday, 17 July 2027

Saturday 17 July 2027

Rahu Kalam8:47 am – 10:25 am
Yamagandam1:41 pm – 3:19 pm
Gulikai5:31 am – 7:09 am
TithiShukla Chaturdashi until 6:49 pm

Sunrise 5:31 am, sunset 6:36 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturdashi

until 6:49 pm

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

Nakshatra · Moola

until 8:22 am

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

Yoga · Indra

until 2:23 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 · Gara

until 5:40 am; then Vanija until 6:49 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:49 pm to 8:01 am Sunday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

8:47 am – 10:25 am

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

Yamagandam

1:41 pm – 3:19 pm

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

Gulikai

5:31 am – 7:09 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 Saturday the day starts with Kaal.

Day
5:31 am – 7:09 amKaalavoid
7:09 am – 8:47 amShubhgood
8:47 am – 10:25 amRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
10:25 am – 12:03 pmUdvegavoid
12:03 pm – 1:41 pmCharneutral
1:41 pm – 3:19 pmLabhgood
3:19 pm – 4:58 pmAmritgood
4:58 pm – 6:36 pmKaalavoid
Night
6:36 pm – 7:58 pmLabhgood
7:58 pm – 9:20 pmUdvegavoid
9:20 pm – 10:41 pmShubhgood
10:41 pm – 12:03 amAmritgood
12:03 am – 1:25 amCharneutral
1:25 am – 2:47 amRogavoid
2:47 am – 4:09 amKaalavoid
4:09 am – 5:31 amLabhgood

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.

Abhijit Muhurta

11:37 am – 12:29 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 5:50 pm, moonset 4:56 am Sunday.

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: Saturn on a Saturday.

5:31 am – 6:36 amSaturn
6:36 am – 7:42 amJupiter
7:42 am – 8:47 amMars
8:47 am – 9:52 amSun
9:52 am – 10:58 amVenus
10:58 am – 12:03 pmMercury
12:03 pm – 1:09 pmMoon
1:09 pm – 2:14 pmSaturn
2:14 pm – 3:19 pmJupiter
3:19 pm – 4:25 pmMars
4:25 pm – 5:30 pmSun
5:30 pm – 6:36 pmVenus
6:36 pm – 7:30 pmMercury
7:30 pm – 8:25 pmMoon
8:25 pm – 9:20 pmSaturn
9:20 pm – 10:14 pmJupiter
10:14 pm – 11:09 pmMars
11:09 pm – 12:03 amSun
12:03 am – 12:58 amVenus
12:58 am – 1:53 amMercury
1:53 am – 2:47 amMoon
2:47 am – 3:42 amSaturn
3:42 am – 4:36 amJupiter
4:36 am – 5:31 amMars

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 5:40 am, nakshatra at 8:22 am, yoga at 2:23 pm, tithi and karana at 6:49 pm.

On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 8:47 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 17 July 2027?

Shukla Chaturdashi, until 6:49 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:31 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 17 July 2027?

8:47 am to 10:25 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:41 pm to 3:19 pm and Gulikai 5:31 am to 7:09 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 17 July 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 7:09 am to 8:47 am, Labh 1:41 pm to 3:19 pm, Amrit 3:19 pm to 4:58 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:37 am to 12:29 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 17 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 5:50 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.