Chennai, Friday, 12 March 2027
Friday 12 March 2027 · Maasi 28
The next day, Saturday 13 March · Maasi 29
Sunrise 6:18 am, sunset 6:19 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Friday until sunrise on Saturday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi
until 2:58 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Ashwini
until 11:23 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 · Indra
until 9:35 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 · Vishti
until 2:58 pm; then Bava until 2:29 am Saturday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:18 am to 2:58 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
10:49 am – 12:19 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
3:19 pm – 4:49 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
7:49 am – 9:19 am
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
9:15 am – 10:15 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Friday, the same in every Tamil Nadu city.
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 Friday the day starts with Char.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:18 am – 7:49 am | Char | neutral |
| 7:49 am – 9:19 am | Labh | good |
| 9:19 am – 10:49 am | Amrit | good |
| 10:49 am – 12:19 pm | Kaal | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 12:19 pm – 1:49 pm | Shubh | good |
| 1:49 pm – 3:19 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 3:19 pm – 4:49 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 4:49 pm – 6:19 pm | Char | neutral |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:19 pm – 7:49 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 7:49 pm – 9:19 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 9:19 pm – 10:49 pm | Labh | good |
| 10:49 pm – 12:19 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 12:19 am – 1:48 am | Shubh | good |
| 1:48 am – 3:18 am | Amrit | good |
| 3:18 am – 4:48 am | Char | neutral |
| 4:48 am – 6:18 am | Rog | avoid |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:55 am – 12:43 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 8:45 am, moonset 9:42 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: Venus on a Friday.
| 6:18 am – 7:19 am | Venus |
| 7:19 am – 8:19 am | Mercury |
| 8:19 am – 9:19 am | Moon |
| 9:19 am – 10:19 am | Saturn |
| 10:19 am – 11:19 am | Jupiter |
| 11:19 am – 12:19 pm | Mars |
| 12:19 pm – 1:19 pm | Sun |
| 1:19 pm – 2:19 pm | Venus |
| 2:19 pm – 3:19 pm | Mercury |
| 3:19 pm – 4:19 pm | Moon |
| 4:19 pm – 5:19 pm | Saturn |
| 5:19 pm – 6:19 pm | Jupiter |
| 6:19 pm – 7:19 pm | Mars |
| 7:19 pm – 8:19 pm | Sun |
| 8:19 pm – 9:19 pm | Venus |
| 9:19 pm – 10:19 pm | Mercury |
| 10:19 pm – 11:19 pm | Moon |
| 11:19 pm – 12:19 am | Saturn |
| 12:19 am – 1:18 am | Jupiter |
| 1:18 am – 2:18 am | Mars |
| 2:18 am – 3:18 am | Sun |
| 3:18 am – 4:18 am | Venus |
| 4:18 am – 5:18 am | Mercury |
| 5:18 am – 6:18 am | Moon |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 1 minute, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 11:23 am, tithi and karana at 2:58 pm, yoga at 9:35 pm, karana at 2:29 am Saturday.
On a Friday, Rahu Kalam is the fourth of the eight parts of daylight, from 10:49 am in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 12 March 2027?
Shukla Chaturthi, until 2:58 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:18 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 12 March 2027?
10:49 am to 12:19 pm, the fourth of the eight parts of daylight on a Friday. Yamagandam runs 3:19 pm to 4:49 pm and Gulikai 7:49 am to 9:19 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 12 March 2027?
During daylight: Labh 7:49 am to 9:19 am, Amrit 9:19 am to 10:49 am, Shubh 12:19 pm to 1:49 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:55 am to 12:43 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 12 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 8:45 am.
Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise
Calculated for Chennai (13.0827°N, 80.2707°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.