Chennai, Tuesday, 21 September 2027
Tuesday 21 September 2027 · Purattasi 5
Pitru Paksha
The next day, Wednesday 22 September · Purattasi 6
Sunrise 5:58 am, sunset 6:06 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.
On this day
- Pitru Paksha continues until Wednesday 29 September; the shraddha day for each tithi is on the Pitru Paksha page. Pitru Paksha 2027
Panchangam details
Tithi · Krishna Panchami
until 6:43 am; then Krishna Shashti until 5:53 am Wednesday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Krittika
until 6:13 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 · Vajra
until 4:05 am Wednesday
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 · Taitila
until 6:43 am; then Gara until 6:21 pm; then Vanija until 5:53 am Wednesday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 5:53 am to 5:18 pm on Wednesday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
3:04 pm – 4:35 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
9:00 am – 10:31 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
12:02 pm – 1:33 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:58 am – 7:29 am | Rog | avoid |
| 7:29 am – 9:00 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 9:00 am – 10:31 am | Char | neutral |
| 10:31 am – 12:02 pm | Labh | good |
| 12:02 pm – 1:33 pm | Amrit | good |
| 1:33 pm – 3:04 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 3:04 pm – 4:35 pm | Shubh | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 4:35 pm – 6:06 pm | Rog | avoid |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:06 pm – 7:35 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 7:35 pm – 9:04 pm | Labh | good |
| 9:04 pm – 10:33 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:33 pm – 12:02 am | Shubh | good |
| 12:02 am – 1:31 am | Amrit | good |
| 1:31 am – 3:00 am | Char | neutral |
| 3:00 am – 4:29 am | Rog | avoid |
| 4:29 am – 5:58 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
11:38 am – 12:26 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 10:01 pm, moonset 10:16 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.
| 5:58 am – 6:59 am | Mars |
| 6:59 am – 7:59 am | Sun |
| 7:59 am – 9:00 am | Venus |
| 9:00 am – 10:01 am | Mercury |
| 10:01 am – 11:01 am | Moon |
| 11:01 am – 12:02 pm | Saturn |
| 12:02 pm – 1:03 pm | Jupiter |
| 1:03 pm – 2:03 pm | Mars |
| 2:03 pm – 3:04 pm | Sun |
| 3:04 pm – 4:05 pm | Venus |
| 4:05 pm – 5:06 pm | Mercury |
| 5:06 pm – 6:06 pm | Moon |
| 6:06 pm – 7:06 pm | Saturn |
| 7:06 pm – 8:05 pm | Jupiter |
| 8:05 pm – 9:04 pm | Mars |
| 9:04 pm – 10:03 pm | Sun |
| 10:03 pm – 11:03 pm | Venus |
| 11:03 pm – 12:02 am | Mercury |
| 12:02 am – 1:01 am | Moon |
| 1:01 am – 2:01 am | Saturn |
| 2:01 am – 3:00 am | Jupiter |
| 3:00 am – 3:59 am | Mars |
| 3:59 am – 4:59 am | Sun |
| 4:59 am – 5:58 am | Venus |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 8 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 6:43 am, nakshatra at 6:13 pm, karana at 6:21 pm, yoga at 4:05 am Wednesday, tithi and karana at 5:53 am Wednesday. Krishna Shashti begins and ends within the day, so no sunrise names it.
On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:04 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 21 September 2027?
Krishna Panchami, until 6:43 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:58 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 21 September 2027?
3:04 pm to 4:35 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:00 am to 10:31 am and Gulikai 12:02 pm to 1:33 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 21 September 2027?
During daylight: Labh 10:31 am to 12:02 pm, Amrit 12:02 pm to 1:33 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:38 am to 12:26 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 21 September 2027?
Moonrise is at 10:01 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.