Shastra Panchangam

Visakhapatnam, Thursday, 30 December 2027

Thursday 30 December 2027

Rahu Kalam1:23 pm – 2:46 pm
Yamagandam6:27 am – 7:50 am
Gulikai9:13 am – 10:36 am
TithiShukla Tritiya until 8:12 am Friday

Sunrise 6:27 am, sunset 5:32 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Tritiya

until 8:12 am Friday

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

Nakshatra · Uttara Ashadha

until 10:07 am

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

Yoga · Vyaghata

until 8:55 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 · Taitila

until 6:54 pm

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

1:23 pm – 2:46 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:27 am – 7:50 am

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

Gulikai

9:13 am – 10:36 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
6:27 am – 7:50 amShubhgood
7:50 am – 9:13 amRogavoid
9:13 am – 10:36 amUdvegavoid
10:36 am – 11:59 amCharneutral
11:59 am – 1:23 pmLabhgood
1:23 pm – 2:46 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
2:46 pm – 4:09 pmKaalavoid
4:09 pm – 5:32 pmShubhgood
Night
5:32 pm – 7:09 pmAmritgood
7:09 pm – 8:46 pmCharneutral
8:46 pm – 10:23 pmRogavoid
10:23 pm – 12:00 amKaalavoid
12:00 am – 1:36 amLabhgood
1:36 am – 3:13 amUdvegavoid
3:13 am – 4:50 amShubhgood
4:50 am – 6:27 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

11:37 am – 12:22 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 8:16 am, moonset 7:40 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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

6:27 am – 7:22 amJupiter
7:22 am – 8:18 amMars
8:18 am – 9:13 amSun
9:13 am – 10:08 amVenus
10:08 am – 11:04 amMercury
11:04 am – 11:59 amMoon
11:59 am – 12:55 pmSaturn
12:55 pm – 1:50 pmJupiter
1:50 pm – 2:46 pmMars
2:46 pm – 3:41 pmSun
3:41 pm – 4:37 pmVenus
4:37 pm – 5:32 pmMercury
5:32 pm – 6:37 pmMoon
6:37 pm – 7:41 pmSaturn
7:41 pm – 8:46 pmJupiter
8:46 pm – 9:50 pmMars
9:50 pm – 10:55 pmSun
10:55 pm – 12:00 amVenus
12:00 am – 1:04 amMercury
1:04 am – 2:09 amMoon
2:09 am – 3:13 amSaturn
3:13 am – 4:18 amJupiter
4:18 am – 5:22 amMars
5:22 am – 6:27 amSun

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: yoga at 8:55 am, nakshatra at 10:07 am, karana at 6:54 pm. The tithi runs on past the next sunrise, until 8:12 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:23 pm in Visakhapatnam.

Questions

What is the tithi in Visakhapatnam on 30 December 2027?

Shukla Tritiya, until 8:12 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:27 am in Visakhapatnam).

When is Rahu Kalam in Visakhapatnam on 30 December 2027?

1:23 pm to 2:46 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:27 am to 7:50 am and Gulikai 9:13 am to 10:36 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Visakhapatnam on 30 December 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:27 am to 7:50 am, Labh 11:59 am to 1:23 pm, Shubh 4:09 pm to 5:32 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:37 am to 12:22 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Visakhapatnam on 30 December 2027?

Moonrise is at 8:16 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.