Chennai, Sunday, 21 March 2027
Sunday 21 March 2027 · Panguni 7
Holika Dahan
The next day, Monday 22 March · Panguni 8
Sunrise 6:13 am, sunset 6:20 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.
On this day
- Holika Dahan is on Sunday 21 March. Holika Dahan 2027
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Chaturdashi
until 6:22 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Purva Phalguni
until 10:07 pm
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Shula
until 4:59 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 · Gara
until 7:32 am; then Vanija until 6:22 pm; then Vishti until 5:15 am Monday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 6:22 pm to 5:15 am Monday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
4:49 pm – 6:20 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
12:16 pm – 1:47 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
3:18 pm – 4:49 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
7:45 am – 8:45 am
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Sunday, 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:13 am – 7:44 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 7:44 am – 9:14 am | Char | neutral |
| 9:14 am – 10:45 am | Labh | good |
| 10:45 am – 12:16 pm | Amrit | good |
| 12:16 pm – 1:47 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:47 pm – 3:18 pm | Shubh | good |
| 3:18 pm – 4:49 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 4:49 pm – 6:20 pm | Udveg | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:20 pm – 7:49 pm | Shubh | good |
| 7:49 pm – 9:18 pm | Amrit | good |
| 9:18 pm – 10:47 pm | Char | neutral |
| 10:47 pm – 12:16 am | Rog | avoid |
| 12:16 am – 1:45 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:45 am – 3:14 am | Labh | good |
| 3:14 am – 4:43 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 4:43 am – 6:12 am | Shubh | 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
11:52 am – 12:41 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 5:28 pm, moonset 5:45 am Monday.
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 Sun on a Sunday.
| 6:13 am – 7:13 am | Sun |
| 7:13 am – 8:14 am | Venus |
| 8:14 am – 9:14 am | Mercury |
| 9:14 am – 10:15 am | Moon |
| 10:15 am – 11:16 am | Saturn |
| 11:16 am – 12:16 pm | Jupiter |
| 12:16 pm – 1:17 pm | Mars |
| 1:17 pm – 2:18 pm | Sun |
| 2:18 pm – 3:18 pm | Venus |
| 3:18 pm – 4:19 pm | Mercury |
| 4:19 pm – 5:19 pm | Moon |
| 5:19 pm – 6:20 pm | Saturn |
| 6:20 pm – 7:19 pm | Jupiter |
| 7:19 pm – 8:19 pm | Mars |
| 8:19 pm – 9:18 pm | Sun |
| 9:18 pm – 10:17 pm | Venus |
| 10:17 pm – 11:17 pm | Mercury |
| 11:17 pm – 12:16 am | Moon |
| 12:16 am – 1:15 am | Saturn |
| 1:15 am – 2:15 am | Jupiter |
| 2:15 am – 3:14 am | Mars |
| 3:14 am – 4:13 am | Sun |
| 4:13 am – 5:13 am | Venus |
| 5:13 am – 6:12 am | Mercury |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 7 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 7:32 am, yoga at 4:59 pm, tithi and karana at 6:22 pm, nakshatra at 10:07 pm, karana at 5:15 am Monday.
On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:49 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 21 March 2027?
Shukla Chaturdashi, until 6:22 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:13 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 21 March 2027?
4:49 pm to 6:20 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:16 pm to 1:47 pm and Gulikai 3:18 pm to 4:49 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 21 March 2027?
During daylight: Labh 9:14 am to 10:45 am, Amrit 10:45 am to 12:16 pm, Shubh 1:47 pm to 3:18 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:52 am to 12:41 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 21 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 5:28 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.