Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Sunday, 12 December 2027

Sunday 12 December 2027

Rahu Kalam4:00 pm – 5:24 pm
Yamagandam11:51 am – 1:14 pm
Gulikai2:37 pm – 4:00 pm
TithiShukla Chaturdashi until 11:56 pm

Sunrise 6:18 am, sunset 5:24 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Chaturdashi

until 11:56 pm

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

Nakshatra · Krittika

until 4:42 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 · Siddha

until 11:10 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 12:54 pm; then Vanija until 11:56 pm

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

Bhadra Karanam runs from 11:56 pm to 10:50 am Monday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

4:00 pm – 5:24 pm

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

Yamagandam

11:51 am – 1:14 pm

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

Gulikai

2:37 pm – 4:00 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.

Day
6:18 am – 7:41 amUdvegavoid
7:41 am – 9:04 amCharneutral
9:04 am – 10:27 amLabhgood
10:27 am – 11:51 amAmritgood
11:51 am – 1:14 pmKaalavoid
1:14 pm – 2:37 pmShubhgood
2:37 pm – 4:00 pmRogavoid
4:00 pm – 5:24 pmUdvegavoid · Rahu Kalam
Night
5:24 pm – 7:00 pmShubhgood
7:00 pm – 8:37 pmAmritgood
8:37 pm – 10:14 pmCharneutral
10:14 pm – 11:51 pmRogavoid
11:51 pm – 1:28 amKaalavoid
1:28 am – 3:05 amLabhgood
3:05 am – 4:41 amUdvegavoid
4:41 am – 6:18 amShubhgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:28 am – 12:13 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 4:07 pm, moonset 5:42 am Monday.

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: the Sun on a Sunday.

6:18 am – 7:13 amSun
7:13 am – 8:09 amVenus
8:09 am – 9:04 amMercury
9:04 am – 10:00 amMoon
10:00 am – 10:55 amSaturn
10:55 am – 11:51 amJupiter
11:51 am – 12:46 pmMars
12:46 pm – 1:42 pmSun
1:42 pm – 2:37 pmVenus
2:37 pm – 3:33 pmMercury
3:33 pm – 4:28 pmMoon
4:28 pm – 5:24 pmSaturn
5:24 pm – 6:28 pmJupiter
6:28 pm – 7:33 pmMars
7:33 pm – 8:37 pmSun
8:37 pm – 9:42 pmVenus
9:42 pm – 10:46 pmMercury
10:46 pm – 11:51 pmMoon
11:51 pm – 12:55 amSaturn
12:55 am – 2:00 amJupiter
2:00 am – 3:05 amMars
3:05 am – 4:09 amSun
4:09 am – 5:14 amVenus
5:14 am – 6:18 amMercury

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 6 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 12:54 pm, nakshatra at 4:42 pm, yoga at 11:10 pm, tithi and karana at 11:56 pm.

On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:00 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 12 December 2027?

Shukla Chaturdashi, until 11:56 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:18 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 12 December 2027?

4:00 pm to 5:24 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 11:51 am to 1:14 pm and Gulikai 2:37 pm to 4:00 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 12 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 9:04 am to 10:27 am, Amrit 10:27 am to 11:51 am, Shubh 1:14 pm to 2:37 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:28 am to 12:13 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 12 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 4:07 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.