Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Tuesday, 28 December 2027

Tuesday 28 December 2027

Rahu Kalam2:45 pm – 4:08 pm
Yamagandam9:12 am – 10:35 am
Gulikai11:58 am – 1:22 pm
TithiShukla Pratipada until 3:29 am Wednesday

Sunrise 6:26 am, sunset 5:31 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Pratipada

until 3:29 am Wednesday

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

Nakshatra · Purva Ashadha

until 7:26 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 · Vriddhi

until 8:01 am

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 · Kimstughna

until 2:32 pm; then Bava until 3:29 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

2:45 pm – 4:08 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:12 am – 10:35 am

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

Gulikai

11:58 am – 1:22 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
6:26 am – 7:49 amRogavoid
7:49 am – 9:12 amUdvegavoid
9:12 am – 10:35 amCharneutral
10:35 am – 11:58 amLabhgood
11:58 am – 1:22 pmAmritgood
1:22 pm – 2:45 pmKaalavoid
2:45 pm – 4:08 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:08 pm – 5:31 pmRogavoid
Night
5:31 pm – 7:08 pmKaalavoid
7:08 pm – 8:45 pmLabhgood
8:45 pm – 10:22 pmUdvegavoid
10:22 pm – 11:59 pmShubhgood
11:59 pm – 1:36 amAmritgood
1:36 am – 3:12 amCharneutral
3:12 am – 4:49 amRogavoid
4:49 am – 6:26 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

11:36 am – 12:21 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 6:48 am, moonset 5:55 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.

6:26 am – 7:21 amMars
7:21 am – 8:17 amSun
8:17 am – 9:12 amVenus
9:12 am – 10:08 amMercury
10:08 am – 11:03 amMoon
11:03 am – 11:58 amSaturn
11:58 am – 12:54 pmJupiter
12:54 pm – 1:49 pmMars
1:49 pm – 2:45 pmSun
2:45 pm – 3:40 pmVenus
3:40 pm – 4:36 pmMercury
4:36 pm – 5:31 pmMoon
5:31 pm – 6:36 pmSaturn
6:36 pm – 7:40 pmJupiter
7:40 pm – 8:45 pmMars
8:45 pm – 9:49 pmSun
9:49 pm – 10:54 pmVenus
10:54 pm – 11:59 pmMercury
11:59 pm – 1:03 amMoon
1:03 am – 2:08 amSaturn
2:08 am – 3:12 amJupiter
3:12 am – 4:17 amMars
4:17 am – 5:22 amSun
5:22 am – 6:26 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: yoga at 8:01 am, karana at 2:32 pm, tithi and karana at 3:29 am Wednesday. The nakshatra runs on past the next sunrise, until 7:26 am Wednesday.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:45 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 28 December 2027?

Shukla Pratipada, until 3:29 am Wednesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:26 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 28 December 2027?

2:45 pm to 4:08 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:12 am to 10:35 am and Gulikai 11:58 am to 1:22 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 28 December 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:35 am to 11:58 am, Amrit 11:58 am to 1:22 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:36 am to 12:21 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 28 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 6:48 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.