Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Thursday, 2 December 2027

Thursday 2 December 2027

Rahu Kalam1:10 pm – 2:34 pm
Yamagandam6:12 am – 7:35 am
Gulikai8:59 am – 10:23 am
TithiShukla Chaturthi until 1:44 pm

Sunrise 6:12 am, sunset 5:21 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi

until 1:44 pm

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

Nakshatra · Uttara Ashadha

until 2:30 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 · Vriddhi

until 3:22 am Friday

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 · Vishti

until 1:44 pm; then Bava until 2:57 am Friday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:12 am to 1:44 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

1:10 pm – 2:34 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:12 am – 7:35 am

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

Gulikai

8:59 am – 10:23 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
6:12 am – 7:35 amShubhgood
7:35 am – 8:59 amRogavoid
8:59 am – 10:23 amUdvegavoid
10:23 am – 11:46 amCharneutral
11:46 am – 1:10 pmLabhgood
1:10 pm – 2:34 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
2:34 pm – 3:57 pmKaalavoid
3:57 pm – 5:21 pmShubhgood
Night
5:21 pm – 6:57 pmAmritgood
6:57 pm – 8:34 pmCharneutral
8:34 pm – 10:10 pmRogavoid
10:10 pm – 11:47 pmKaalavoid
11:47 pm – 1:23 amLabhgood
1:23 am – 2:59 amUdvegavoid
2:59 am – 4:36 amShubhgood
4:36 am – 6:12 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

11:24 am – 12:09 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 9:39 am, moonset 8:56 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.

6:12 am – 7:07 amJupiter
7:07 am – 8:03 amMars
8:03 am – 8:59 amSun
8:59 am – 9:55 amVenus
9:55 am – 10:51 amMercury
10:51 am – 11:46 amMoon
11:46 am – 12:42 pmSaturn
12:42 pm – 1:38 pmJupiter
1:38 pm – 2:34 pmMars
2:34 pm – 3:29 pmSun
3:29 pm – 4:25 pmVenus
4:25 pm – 5:21 pmMercury
5:21 pm – 6:25 pmMoon
6:25 pm – 7:29 pmSaturn
7:29 pm – 8:34 pmJupiter
8:34 pm – 9:38 pmMars
9:38 pm – 10:42 pmSun
10:42 pm – 11:47 pmVenus
11:47 pm – 12:51 amMercury
12:51 am – 1:55 amMoon
1:55 am – 2:59 amSaturn
2:59 am – 4:04 amJupiter
4:04 am – 5:08 amMars
5:08 am – 6:12 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 84 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 1:44 pm, nakshatra at 2:30 am Friday, karana at 2:57 am Friday, yoga at 3:22 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:10 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 2 December 2027?

Shukla Chaturthi, until 1:44 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:12 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 2 December 2027?

1:10 pm to 2:34 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:12 am to 7:35 am and Gulikai 8:59 am to 10:23 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 2 December 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:12 am to 7:35 am, Labh 11:46 am to 1:10 pm, Shubh 3:57 pm to 5:21 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:24 am to 12:09 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 2 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 9:39 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.