Shastra Panchangam

Chennai, Tuesday, 28 September 2027

Tuesday 28 September 2027 · Purattasi 12

Rahu Kalam3:00 pm – 4:31 pm
Yamagandam8:59 am – 10:29 am
Gulikai12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Nalla Neram7:45 am – 8:45 am, 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
TithiKrishna Trayodashi until 1:55 pm

Pitru Paksha

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 amRogavoid
7:28 am – 8:59 amUdvegavoid
8:59 am – 10:29 amCharneutral
10:29 am – 12:00 pmLabhgood
12:00 pm – 1:30 pmAmritgood
1:30 pm – 3:00 pmKaalavoid
3:00 pm – 4:31 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:31 pm – 6:01 pmRogavoid
Night
6:01 pm – 7:31 pmKaalavoid
7:31 pm – 9:00 pmLabhgood
9:00 pm – 10:30 pmUdvegavoid
10:30 pm – 12:00 amShubhgood
12:00 am – 1:29 amAmritgood
1:29 am – 2:59 amCharneutral
2:59 am – 4:28 amRogavoid
4:28 am – 5:58 amKaalavoid

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 amMars
6:58 am – 7:58 amSun
7:58 am – 8:59 amVenus
8:59 am – 9:59 amMercury
9:59 am – 10:59 amMoon
10:59 am – 12:00 pmSaturn
12:00 pm – 1:00 pmJupiter
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmMars
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmSun
3:00 pm – 4:01 pmVenus
4:01 pm – 5:01 pmMercury
5:01 pm – 6:01 pmMoon
6:01 pm – 7:01 pmSaturn
7:01 pm – 8:01 pmJupiter
8:01 pm – 9:00 pmMars
9:00 pm – 10:00 pmSun
10:00 pm – 11:00 pmVenus
11:00 pm – 12:00 amMercury
12:00 am – 12:59 amMoon
12:59 am – 1:59 amSaturn
1:59 am – 2:59 amJupiter
2:59 am – 3:59 amMars
3:59 am – 4:58 amSun
4:58 am – 5:58 amVenus

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

How this was computed
Calculated for Chennai (13.0827°N, 80.2707°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.