Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Friday, 3 December 2027

Friday 3 December 2027

Rahu Kalam10:23 am – 11:47 am
Yamagandam2:34 pm – 3:57 pm
Gulikai7:36 am – 8:59 am
TithiShukla Panchami until 4:14 pm

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

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Panchami

until 4:14 pm

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

Nakshatra · Shravana

until 5:33 am Saturday

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

Yoga · Dhruva

until 4:17 am Saturday

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 4:14 pm; then Kaulava until 5:35 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

10:23 am – 11:47 am

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

Yamagandam

2:34 pm – 3:57 pm

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

Gulikai

7:36 am – 8:59 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
6:12 am – 7:36 amCharneutral
7:36 am – 8:59 amLabhgood
8:59 am – 10:23 amAmritgood
10:23 am – 11:47 amKaalavoid · Rahu Kalam
11:47 am – 1:10 pmShubhgood
1:10 pm – 2:34 pmRogavoid
2:34 pm – 3:57 pmUdvegavoid
3:57 pm – 5:21 pmCharneutral
Night
5:21 pm – 6:58 pmRogavoid
6:58 pm – 8:34 pmKaalavoid
8:34 pm – 10:11 pmLabhgood
10:11 pm – 11:47 pmUdvegavoid
11:47 pm – 1:23 amShubhgood
1:23 am – 3:00 amAmritgood
3:00 am – 4:36 amCharneutral
4:36 am – 6:13 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

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

The Moon

Moonrise 10:19 am, moonset 9:47 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.

6:12 am – 7:08 amVenus
7:08 am – 8:04 amMercury
8:04 am – 8:59 amMoon
8:59 am – 9:55 amSaturn
9:55 am – 10:51 amJupiter
10:51 am – 11:47 amMars
11:47 am – 12:42 pmSun
12:42 pm – 1:38 pmVenus
1:38 pm – 2:34 pmMercury
2:34 pm – 3:30 pmMoon
3:30 pm – 4:25 pmSaturn
4:25 pm – 5:21 pmJupiter
5:21 pm – 6:25 pmMars
6:25 pm – 7:30 pmSun
7:30 pm – 8:34 pmVenus
8:34 pm – 9:38 pmMercury
9:38 pm – 10:43 pmMoon
10:43 pm – 11:47 pmSaturn
11:47 pm – 12:51 amJupiter
12:51 am – 1:56 amMars
1:56 am – 3:00 amSun
3:00 am – 4:04 amVenus
4:04 am – 5:09 amMercury
5:09 am – 6:13 amMoon

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 4:14 pm, yoga at 4:17 am Saturday, nakshatra at 5:33 am Saturday, karana at 5:35 am Saturday.

On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:23 am in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 3 December 2027?

Shukla Panchami, until 4:14 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:12 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 3 December 2027?

10:23 am to 11:47 am, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 2:34 pm to 3:57 pm and Gulikai 7:36 am to 8:59 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 3 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 7:36 am to 8:59 am, Amrit 8:59 am to 10:23 am, Shubh 11:47 am to 1:10 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:24 am to 12:09 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 3 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 10:19 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.