Chennai, Monday, 15 March 2027
Monday 15 March 2027 · Panguni 1
The next day, Tuesday 16 March · Panguni 2
Sunrise 6:17 am, sunset 6:20 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Monday until sunrise on Tuesday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Saptami
until 10:52 am
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Rohini
until 9:27 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 · Priti
until 2:37 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 · Vanija
until 10:52 am; then Vishti until 9:55 pm
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 10:52 am to 9:55 pm. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
7:47 am – 9:17 am
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
10:48 am – 12:18 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
1:48 pm – 3:19 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
6:15 am – 7:15 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
9:15 am – 10:15 am
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Monday, 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 Monday the day starts with Amrit.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:17 am – 7:47 am | Amrit | good |
| 7:47 am – 9:17 am | Kaal | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 9:17 am – 10:48 am | Shubh | good |
| 10:48 am – 12:18 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 12:18 pm – 1:48 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:48 pm – 3:19 pm | Char | neutral |
| 3:19 pm – 4:49 pm | Labh | good |
| 4:49 pm – 6:20 pm | Amrit | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:20 pm – 7:49 pm | Char | neutral |
| 7:49 pm – 9:19 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 9:19 pm – 10:48 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 10:48 pm – 12:18 am | Labh | good |
| 12:18 am – 1:47 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:47 am – 3:17 am | Shubh | good |
| 3:17 am – 4:46 am | Amrit | good |
| 4:46 am – 6:16 am | Char | neutral |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:54 am – 12:42 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 11:24 am, moonset 12:44 am Tuesday.
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 Moon on a Monday.
| 6:17 am – 7:17 am | Moon |
| 7:17 am – 8:17 am | Saturn |
| 8:17 am – 9:17 am | Jupiter |
| 9:17 am – 10:18 am | Mars |
| 10:18 am – 11:18 am | Sun |
| 11:18 am – 12:18 pm | Venus |
| 12:18 pm – 1:18 pm | Mercury |
| 1:18 pm – 2:19 pm | Moon |
| 2:19 pm – 3:19 pm | Saturn |
| 3:19 pm – 4:19 pm | Jupiter |
| 4:19 pm – 5:19 pm | Mars |
| 5:19 pm – 6:20 pm | Sun |
| 6:20 pm – 7:19 pm | Venus |
| 7:19 pm – 8:19 pm | Mercury |
| 8:19 pm – 9:19 pm | Moon |
| 9:19 pm – 10:18 pm | Saturn |
| 10:18 pm – 11:18 pm | Jupiter |
| 11:18 pm – 12:18 am | Mars |
| 12:18 am – 1:17 am | Sun |
| 1:17 am – 2:17 am | Venus |
| 2:17 am – 3:17 am | Mercury |
| 3:17 am – 4:17 am | Moon |
| 4:17 am – 5:16 am | Saturn |
| 5:16 am – 6:16 am | Jupiter |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 9:27 am, tithi and karana at 10:52 am, yoga at 2:37 pm, karana at 9:55 pm.
On a Monday, Rahu Kalam is the second of the eight parts of daylight, from 7:47 am in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 15 March 2027?
Shukla Saptami, until 10:52 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:17 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 15 March 2027?
7:47 am to 9:17 am, the second of the eight parts of daylight on a Monday. Yamagandam runs 10:48 am to 12:18 pm and Gulikai 1:48 pm to 3:19 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 15 March 2027?
During daylight: Amrit 6:17 am to 7:47 am, Shubh 9:17 am to 10:48 am, Labh 3:19 pm to 4:49 pm, Amrit 4:49 pm to 6:20 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:54 am to 12:42 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 15 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 11:24 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.