Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Tuesday, 20 July 2027

Tuesday 20 July 2027

Rahu Kalam3:19 pm – 4:57 pm
Yamagandam8:48 am – 10:26 am
Gulikai12:03 pm – 1:41 pm
TithiKrishna Dwitiya until 2:22 am Wednesday

Sunrise 5:32 am, sunset 6:35 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Dwitiya

until 2:22 am Wednesday

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

Nakshatra · Shravana

until 5:32 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 · Priti

until 5:32 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 1:05 pm; then Gara until 2:22 am Wednesday

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

3:19 pm – 4:57 pm

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

Yamagandam

8:48 am – 10:26 am

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

Gulikai

12:03 pm – 1:41 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.

Day
5:32 am – 7:10 amRogavoid
7:10 am – 8:48 amUdvegavoid
8:48 am – 10:26 amCharneutral
10:26 am – 12:03 pmLabhgood
12:03 pm – 1:41 pmAmritgood
1:41 pm – 3:19 pmKaalavoid
3:19 pm – 4:57 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:57 pm – 6:35 pmRogavoid
Night
6:35 pm – 7:57 pmKaalavoid
7:57 pm – 9:19 pmLabhgood
9:19 pm – 10:41 pmUdvegavoid
10:41 pm – 12:04 amShubhgood
12:04 am – 1:26 amAmritgood
1:26 am – 2:48 amCharneutral
2:48 am – 4:10 amRogavoid
4:10 am – 5:32 amKaalavoid

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 – 12:30 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 7:51 pm, moonset 6:39 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: Mars on a Tuesday.

5:32 am – 6:37 amMars
6:37 am – 7:42 amSun
7:42 am – 8:48 amVenus
8:48 am – 9:53 amMercury
9:53 am – 10:58 amMoon
10:58 am – 12:03 pmSaturn
12:03 pm – 1:09 pmJupiter
1:09 pm – 2:14 pmMars
2:14 pm – 3:19 pmSun
3:19 pm – 4:25 pmVenus
4:25 pm – 5:30 pmMercury
5:30 pm – 6:35 pmMoon
6:35 pm – 7:30 pmSaturn
7:30 pm – 8:25 pmJupiter
8:25 pm – 9:19 pmMars
9:19 pm – 10:14 pmSun
10:14 pm – 11:09 pmVenus
11:09 pm – 12:04 amMercury
12:04 am – 12:58 amMoon
12:58 am – 1:53 amSaturn
1:53 am – 2:48 amJupiter
2:48 am – 3:43 amMars
3:43 am – 4:37 amSun
4:37 am – 5:32 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 13 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 98 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:05 pm, nakshatra and yoga at 5:32 pm, tithi and karana at 2:22 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:19 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 20 July 2027?

Krishna Dwitiya, until 2:22 am Wednesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:32 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 20 July 2027?

3:19 pm to 4:57 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 8:48 am to 10:26 am and Gulikai 12:03 pm to 1:41 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 20 July 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:26 am to 12:03 pm, Amrit 12:03 pm to 1:41 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:37 am to 12:30 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 20 July 2027?

Moonrise is at 7:51 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.