Chennai, Thursday, 18 March 2027
Thursday 18 March 2027 · Panguni 4
The next day, Friday 19 March · Panguni 5
Sunrise 6:15 am, sunset 6:20 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi
until 1:52 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Pushya
until 3:21 am Friday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Atiganda
until 2:35 am Friday
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 3:08 pm; then Vishti until 1:52 am Friday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:08 pm to 1:52 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
1:48 pm – 3:18 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:15 am – 7:45 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:16 am – 10:47 am
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Thursday, 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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:15 am – 7:45 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:45 am – 9:16 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:16 am – 10:47 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:47 am – 12:17 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:17 pm – 1:48 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:48 pm – 3:18 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:18 pm – 4:49 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:49 pm – 6:20 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:20 pm – 7:49 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:49 pm – 9:18 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:18 pm – 10:48 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:48 pm – 12:17 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:17 am – 1:46 am | Labh | good |
| 1:46 am – 3:15 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:15 am – 4:45 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:45 am – 6:14 am | Amrit | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:53 am – 12:41 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 2:34 pm, moonset 3:32 am Friday.
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.
| 6:15 am – 7:15 am | Jupiter |
| 7:15 am – 8:15 am | Mars |
| 8:15 am – 9:16 am | Sun |
| 9:16 am – 10:16 am | Venus |
| 10:16 am – 11:17 am | Mercury |
| 11:17 am – 12:17 pm | Moon |
| 12:17 pm – 1:18 pm | Saturn |
| 1:18 pm – 2:18 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:18 pm – 3:18 pm | Mars |
| 3:18 pm – 4:19 pm | Sun |
| 4:19 pm – 5:19 pm | Venus |
| 5:19 pm – 6:20 pm | Mercury |
| 6:20 pm – 7:19 pm | Moon |
| 7:19 pm – 8:19 pm | Saturn |
| 8:19 pm – 9:18 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:18 pm – 10:18 pm | Mars |
| 10:18 pm – 11:17 pm | Sun |
| 11:17 pm – 12:17 am | Venus |
| 12:17 am – 1:16 am | Mercury |
| 1:16 am – 2:16 am | Moon |
| 2:16 am – 3:15 am | Saturn |
| 3:15 am – 4:15 am | Jupiter |
| 4:15 am – 5:14 am | Mars |
| 5:14 am – 6:14 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:08 pm, tithi and karana at 1:52 am Friday, yoga at 2:35 am Friday, nakshatra at 3:21 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:48 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 18 March 2027?
Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:15 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 18 March 2027?
1:48 pm to 3:18 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:15 am to 7:45 am and Gulikai 9:16 am to 10:47 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 18 March 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 6:15 am to 7:45 am, Labh 12:17 pm to 1:48 pm, Shubh 4:49 pm to 6:20 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:53 am to 12:41 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 18 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 2:34 pm.
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.