Chennai, Thursday, 30 September 2027
Thursday 30 September 2027 · Purattasi 14
Sharad Navratri
The next day, Friday 1 October · Purattasi 15
Sunrise 5:58 am, sunset 6:00 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
On this day
- Sharad Navratri begins on Thursday 30 September. Sharad Navratri 2027
- Amavasya is the tithi at sunrise. By the kutapa rule, the observance was on Wednesday 29 September. Details
Panchangam details
Tithi · Amavasya
until 8:06 am; then Shukla Pratipada until 5:36 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Hasta
until 2:12 am Friday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Brahma
until 9:09 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 · Naga
until 8:06 am; then Kimstughna until 6:48 pm; then Bava until 5:36 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
1:29 pm – 2:59 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
5:58 am – 7:28 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
8:58 am – 10:29 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 – 7:28 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:28 am – 8:58 am | Rog | avoid |
| 8:58 am – 10:29 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:29 am – 11:59 am | Char | neutral |
| 11:59 am – 1:29 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:29 pm – 2:59 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 2:59 pm – 4:30 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:30 pm – 8:59 pm | Char | neutral |
| 8:59 pm – 10:29 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:29 pm – 11:59 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 11:59 pm – 1:29 am | Labh | good |
| 1:29 am – 2:58 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 2:58 am – 4:28 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:28 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
11:35 am – 12:23 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
The Moon does not rise in Chennai between this sunrise and the next; it sets at 6:00 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 – 7:58 am | Mars |
| 7:58 am – 8:58 am | Sun |
| 8:58 am – 9:59 am | Venus |
| 9:59 am – 10:59 am | Mercury |
| 10:59 am – 11:59 am | Moon |
| 11:59 am – 12:59 pm | Saturn |
| 12:59 pm – 1:59 pm | Jupiter |
| 1:59 pm – 2:59 pm | Mars |
| 2:59 pm – 4:00 pm | Sun |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Venus |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Mercury |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Moon |
| 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Saturn |
| 8:00 pm – 8:59 pm | Jupiter |
| 8:59 pm – 9:59 pm | Mars |
| 9:59 pm – 10:59 pm | Sun |
| 10:59 pm – 11:59 pm | Venus |
| 11:59 pm – 12:59 am | Mercury |
| 12:59 am – 1:59 am | Moon |
| 1:59 am – 2:58 am | Saturn |
| 2:58 am – 3:58 am | Jupiter |
| 3:58 am – 4:58 am | Mars |
| 4:58 am – 5:58 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 8:06 am, karana at 6:48 pm, yoga at 9:09 pm, nakshatra at 2:12 am Friday, tithi and karana at 5:36 am Friday. Shukla Pratipada begins and ends within the day, so no sunrise names it.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:29 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 30 September 2027?
Amavasya, until 8:06 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:58 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 30 September 2027?
1:29 pm to 2:59 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 5:58 am to 7:28 am and Gulikai 8:58 am to 10:29 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 30 September 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 5:58 am to 7:28 am, Labh 11:59 am to 1:29 pm, Shubh 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:35 am to 12:23 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 30 September 2027?
The Moon does not rise in Chennai between this sunrise and the next. It rises a little later each day, and about once a month that carries moonrise past the next sunrise.
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.