Chennai, Tuesday, 28 September 2027
Tuesday 28 September 2027 · Purattasi 12
Pitru Paksha
The next day, Wednesday 29 September · Purattasi 13
Sunrise 5:58 am, sunset 6:01 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 Trayodashi
until 1:55 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Magha
until 8:21 am
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Sadhya
until 7:33 am; then Shubha until 3:57 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 · Vanija
until 1:55 pm; then Vishti until 12:25 am Wednesday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 1:55 pm to 12:25 am Wednesday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
3:00 pm – 4:31 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
8:59 am – 10:29 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
12:00 pm – 1:30 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 – 7:28 am | Rog | avoid |
| 7:28 am – 8:59 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 8:59 am – 10:29 am | Char | neutral |
| 10:29 am – 12:00 pm | Labh | good |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Amrit | good |
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 3:00 pm – 4:31 pm | Shubh | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 4:31 pm – 6:01 pm | Rog | avoid |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:01 pm – 7:31 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 7:31 pm – 9:00 pm | Labh | good |
| 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:30 pm – 12:00 am | Shubh | good |
| 12:00 am – 1:29 am | Amrit | good |
| 1:29 am – 2:59 am | Char | neutral |
| 2:59 am – 4:28 am | Rog | avoid |
| 4:28 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
11:36 am – 12:24 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 5:01 am Wednesday, moonset 4:32 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: Mars on a Tuesday.
| 5:58 am – 6:58 am | Mars |
| 6:58 am – 7:58 am | Sun |
| 7:58 am – 8:59 am | Venus |
| 8:59 am – 9:59 am | Mercury |
| 9:59 am – 10:59 am | Moon |
| 10:59 am – 12:00 pm | Saturn |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Jupiter |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Mars |
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Sun |
| 3:00 pm – 4:01 pm | Venus |
| 4:01 pm – 5:01 pm | Mercury |
| 5:01 pm – 6:01 pm | Moon |
| 6:01 pm – 7:01 pm | Saturn |
| 7:01 pm – 8:01 pm | Jupiter |
| 8:01 pm – 9:00 pm | Mars |
| 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Sun |
| 10:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Venus |
| 11:00 pm – 12:00 am | Mercury |
| 12:00 am – 12:59 am | Moon |
| 12:59 am – 1:59 am | Saturn |
| 1:59 am – 2:59 am | Jupiter |
| 2:59 am – 3:59 am | Mars |
| 3:59 am – 4:58 am | Sun |
| 4:58 am – 5:58 am | Venus |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 7:33 am, nakshatra at 8:21 am, tithi and karana at 1:55 pm, karana at 12:25 am Wednesday, yoga at 3:57 am Wednesday.
On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:00 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 28 September 2027?
Krishna Trayodashi, until 1:55 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:58 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 28 September 2027?
3:00 pm to 4:31 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 8:59 am to 10:29 am and Gulikai 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 28 September 2027?
During daylight: Labh 10:29 am to 12:00 pm, Amrit 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:36 am to 12:24 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 28 September 2027?
Moonrise is at 5:01 am on Wednesday 29 September.
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.