Chennai, Thursday, 23 September 2027
Thursday 23 September 2027 · Purattasi 7
Pitru Paksha
The next day, Friday 24 September · Purattasi 8
Sunrise 5:58 am, sunset 6:05 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
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 Ashtami
until 2:58 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Mrigashira
until 5:07 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 · Vyatipata
until 11:36 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 · Balava
until 3:50 pm; then Kaulava until 2:58 am Friday
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
1:32 pm – 3:03 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
5:58 am – 7:29 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:00 am – 10:30 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:58 am – 7:29 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:29 am – 9:00 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:30 am – 12:01 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:01 pm – 1:32 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:32 pm – 3:03 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:03 pm – 4:34 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:34 pm – 6:05 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:05 pm – 7:34 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:34 pm – 9:03 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:03 pm – 10:32 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:32 pm – 12:01 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:01 am – 1:30 am | Labh | good |
| 1:30 am – 3:00 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:00 am – 4:29 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:29 am – 5:58 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
11:37 am – 12:26 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 11:59 pm, moonset 12:15 pm.
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.
| 5:58 am – 6:58 am | Jupiter |
| 6:58 am – 7:59 am | Mars |
| 7:59 am – 9:00 am | Sun |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Venus |
| 10:00 am – 11:01 am | Mercury |
| 11:01 am – 12:01 pm | Moon |
| 12:01 pm – 1:02 pm | Saturn |
| 1:02 pm – 2:03 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:03 pm – 3:03 pm | Mars |
| 3:03 pm – 4:04 pm | Sun |
| 4:04 pm – 5:04 pm | Venus |
| 5:04 pm – 6:05 pm | Mercury |
| 6:05 pm – 7:04 pm | Moon |
| 7:04 pm – 8:04 pm | Saturn |
| 8:04 pm – 9:03 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:03 pm – 10:03 pm | Mars |
| 10:03 pm – 11:02 pm | Sun |
| 11:02 pm – 12:01 am | Venus |
| 12:01 am – 1:01 am | Mercury |
| 1:01 am – 2:00 am | Moon |
| 2:00 am – 3:00 am | Saturn |
| 3:00 am – 3:59 am | Jupiter |
| 3:59 am – 4:58 am | Mars |
| 4:58 am – 5:58 am | Sun |
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 3:50 pm, nakshatra at 5:07 pm, yoga at 11:36 pm, tithi and karana at 2:58 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:32 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 23 September 2027?
Krishna Ashtami, until 2:58 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:58 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 23 September 2027?
1:32 pm to 3:03 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 5:58 am to 7:29 am and Gulikai 9:00 am to 10:30 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 23 September 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 5:58 am to 7:29 am, Labh 12:01 pm to 1:32 pm, Shubh 4:34 pm to 6:05 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:37 am to 12:26 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 23 September 2027?
Moonrise is at 11:59 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.