Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Thursday, 9 December 2027

Thursday 9 December 2027

Rahu Kalam1:13 pm – 2:36 pm
Yamagandam6:16 am – 7:39 am
Gulikai9:03 am – 10:26 am
TithiShukla Ekadashi until 3:20 am Friday

Sunrise 6:16 am, sunset 5:23 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi

until 3:20 am Friday

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

Nakshatra · Revati

until 5:27 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 · Vyatipata

until 6:35 am; then Variyana until 5:36 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 · Vanija

until 3:16 pm; then Vishti until 3:20 am Friday

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:16 pm to 3:20 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

1:13 pm – 2:36 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:16 am – 7:39 am

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

Gulikai

9:03 am – 10:26 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
6:16 am – 7:39 amShubhgood
7:39 am – 9:03 amRogavoid
9:03 am – 10:26 amUdvegavoid
10:26 am – 11:49 amCharneutral
11:49 am – 1:13 pmLabhgood
1:13 pm – 2:36 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
2:36 pm – 3:59 pmKaalavoid
3:59 pm – 5:23 pmShubhgood
Night
5:23 pm – 6:59 pmAmritgood
6:59 pm – 8:36 pmCharneutral
8:36 pm – 10:13 pmRogavoid
10:13 pm – 11:49 pmKaalavoid
11:49 pm – 1:26 amLabhgood
1:26 am – 3:03 amUdvegavoid
3:03 am – 4:40 amShubhgood
4:40 am – 6:16 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

11:27 am – 12:11 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:47 pm, moonset 2:42 am Friday.

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.

6:16 am – 7:11 amJupiter
7:11 am – 8:07 amMars
8:07 am – 9:03 amSun
9:03 am – 9:58 amVenus
9:58 am – 10:54 amMercury
10:54 am – 11:49 amMoon
11:49 am – 12:45 pmSaturn
12:45 pm – 1:40 pmJupiter
1:40 pm – 2:36 pmMars
2:36 pm – 3:31 pmSun
3:31 pm – 4:27 pmVenus
4:27 pm – 5:23 pmMercury
5:23 pm – 6:27 pmMoon
6:27 pm – 7:32 pmSaturn
7:32 pm – 8:36 pmJupiter
8:36 pm – 9:41 pmMars
9:41 pm – 10:45 pmSun
10:45 pm – 11:49 pmVenus
11:49 pm – 12:54 amMercury
12:54 am – 1:58 amMoon
1:58 am – 3:03 amSaturn
3:03 am – 4:07 amJupiter
4:07 am – 5:12 amMars
5:12 am – 6:16 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 7 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 6:35 am, karana at 3:16 pm, nakshatra at 5:27 pm, tithi and karana at 3:20 am Friday, yoga at 5:36 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:13 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 9 December 2027?

Shukla Ekadashi, until 3:20 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:16 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 9 December 2027?

1:13 pm to 2:36 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:16 am to 7:39 am and Gulikai 9:03 am to 10:26 am.

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

During daylight: Shubh 6:16 am to 7:39 am, Labh 11:49 am to 1:13 pm, Shubh 3:59 pm to 5:23 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:27 am to 12:11 pm.

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

Moonrise is at 1:47 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.