Chennai, Tuesday, 23 March 2027
Tuesday 23 March 2027 · Panguni 9
The next day, Wednesday 24 March · Panguni 10
Sunrise 6:11 am, sunset 6:20 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Krishna Pratipada
until 2:29 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Hasta
until 7:50 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 · Vriddhi
until 11:28 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 · Kaulava
until 2:29 pm; then Taitila until 1:47 am Wednesday
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
3:18 pm – 4:49 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
9:13 am – 10:45 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
12:16 pm – 1:47 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
7:45 am – 8:45 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Tuesday, 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:11 am – 7:42 am | Rog | avoid |
| 7:42 am – 9:13 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 9:13 am – 10:45 am | Char | neutral |
| 10:45 am – 12:16 pm | Labh | good |
| 12:16 pm – 1:47 pm | Amrit | good |
| 1:47 pm – 3:18 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 3:18 pm – 4:49 pm | Shubh | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 4:49 pm – 6:20 pm | Rog | avoid |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:20 pm – 7:49 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 7:49 pm – 9:18 pm | Labh | good |
| 9:18 pm – 10:47 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:47 pm – 12:15 am | Shubh | good |
| 12:15 am – 1:44 am | Amrit | good |
| 1:44 am – 3:13 am | Char | neutral |
| 3:13 am – 4:42 am | Rog | avoid |
| 4:42 am – 6:11 am | Kaal | 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
11:51 am – 12:40 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 7:17 pm, moonset 6:27 am.
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: Mars on a Tuesday.
| 6:11 am – 7:12 am | Mars |
| 7:12 am – 8:13 am | Sun |
| 8:13 am – 9:13 am | Venus |
| 9:13 am – 10:14 am | Mercury |
| 10:14 am – 11:15 am | Moon |
| 11:15 am – 12:16 pm | Saturn |
| 12:16 pm – 1:16 pm | Jupiter |
| 1:16 pm – 2:17 pm | Mars |
| 2:17 pm – 3:18 pm | Sun |
| 3:18 pm – 4:19 pm | Venus |
| 4:19 pm – 5:19 pm | Mercury |
| 5:19 pm – 6:20 pm | Moon |
| 6:20 pm – 7:19 pm | Saturn |
| 7:19 pm – 8:19 pm | Jupiter |
| 8:19 pm – 9:18 pm | Mars |
| 9:18 pm – 10:17 pm | Sun |
| 10:17 pm – 11:16 pm | Venus |
| 11:16 pm – 12:15 am | Mercury |
| 12:15 am – 1:15 am | Moon |
| 1:15 am – 2:14 am | Saturn |
| 2:14 am – 3:13 am | Jupiter |
| 3:13 am – 4:12 am | Mars |
| 4:12 am – 5:11 am | Sun |
| 5:11 am – 6:11 am | Venus |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 9 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:28 am, tithi and karana at 2:29 pm, nakshatra at 7:50 pm, karana at 1:47 am Wednesday.
On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:18 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 23 March 2027?
Krishna Pratipada, until 2:29 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:11 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 23 March 2027?
3:18 pm to 4:49 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:13 am to 10:45 am and Gulikai 12:16 pm to 1:47 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 23 March 2027?
During daylight: Labh 10:45 am to 12:16 pm, Amrit 12:16 pm to 1:47 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:51 am to 12:40 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 23 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 7:17 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.