Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Tuesday, 21 December 2027

Tuesday 21 December 2027

Rahu Kalam2:41 pm – 4:04 pm
Yamagandam9:09 am – 10:32 am
Gulikai11:55 am – 1:18 pm
TithiKrishna Navami until 12:35 am Wednesday

Sunrise 6:23 am, sunset 5:27 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Krishna Navami

until 12:35 am Wednesday

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

Nakshatra · Hasta

until 12:25 am Wednesday

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

Yoga · Saubhagya

until 3:33 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 1:11 pm; then Gara until 12:35 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

2:41 pm – 4:04 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:09 am – 10:32 am

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

Gulikai

11:55 am – 1:18 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
6:23 am – 7:46 amRogavoid
7:46 am – 9:09 amUdvegavoid
9:09 am – 10:32 amCharneutral
10:32 am – 11:55 amLabhgood
11:55 am – 1:18 pmAmritgood
1:18 pm – 2:41 pmKaalavoid
2:41 pm – 4:04 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:04 pm – 5:27 pmRogavoid
Night
5:27 pm – 7:04 pmKaalavoid
7:04 pm – 8:41 pmLabhgood
8:41 pm – 10:18 pmUdvegavoid
10:18 pm – 11:55 pmShubhgood
11:55 pm – 1:32 amAmritgood
1:32 am – 3:09 amCharneutral
3:09 am – 4:46 amRogavoid
4:46 am – 6:23 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

11:33 am – 12:17 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:15 am Wednesday, moonset 12:15 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: Mars on a Tuesday.

6:23 am – 7:18 amMars
7:18 am – 8:13 amSun
8:13 am – 9:09 amVenus
9:09 am – 10:04 amMercury
10:04 am – 11:00 amMoon
11:00 am – 11:55 amSaturn
11:55 am – 12:50 pmJupiter
12:50 pm – 1:46 pmMars
1:46 pm – 2:41 pmSun
2:41 pm – 3:37 pmVenus
3:37 pm – 4:32 pmMercury
4:32 pm – 5:27 pmMoon
5:27 pm – 6:32 pmSaturn
6:32 pm – 7:37 pmJupiter
7:37 pm – 8:41 pmMars
8:41 pm – 9:46 pmSun
9:46 pm – 10:51 pmVenus
10:51 pm – 11:55 pmMercury
11:55 pm – 1:00 amMoon
1:00 am – 2:04 amSaturn
2:04 am – 3:09 amJupiter
3:09 am – 4:14 amMars
4:14 am – 5:18 amSun
5:18 am – 6:23 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 11 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 83 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:11 pm, yoga at 3:33 pm, nakshatra at 12:25 am Wednesday, tithi and karana at 12:35 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:41 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 21 December 2027?

Krishna Navami, until 12:35 am Wednesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:23 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 21 December 2027?

2:41 pm to 4:04 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:09 am to 10:32 am and Gulikai 11:55 am to 1:18 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 21 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:32 am to 11:55 am, Amrit 11:55 am to 1:18 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:33 am to 12:17 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 21 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 1:15 am on Wednesday 22 December.

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.