Chennai, Sunday, 3 October 2027
Sunday 3 October 2027 · Purattasi 17
The next day, Monday 4 October · Purattasi 18
Sunrise 5:58 am, sunset 5:58 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi
until 1:29 am Monday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Vishakha
until 12:00 am Monday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Vishkambha
until 1:45 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 · Vanija
until 1:43 pm; then Vishti until 1:29 am Monday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 1:43 pm to 1:29 am Monday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
4:28 pm – 5:58 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
11:58 am – 1:28 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
2:58 pm – 4:28 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
7:45 am – 8:45 am
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Sunday, 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:58 am – 7:28 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 7:28 am – 8:58 am | Char | neutral |
| 8:58 am – 10:28 am | Labh | good |
| 10:28 am – 11:58 am | Amrit | good |
| 11:58 am – 1:28 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:28 pm – 2:58 pm | Shubh | good |
| 2:58 pm – 4:28 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 4:28 pm – 5:58 pm | Udveg | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5:58 pm – 7:28 pm | Shubh | good |
| 7:28 pm – 8:58 pm | Amrit | good |
| 8:58 pm – 10:28 pm | Char | neutral |
| 10:28 pm – 11:58 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 11:58 pm – 1:28 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:28 am – 2:58 am | Labh | good |
| 2:58 am – 4:28 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 4:28 am – 5:58 am | Shubh | 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
11:34 am – 12:22 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 8:50 am, moonset 8:20 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: the Sun on a Sunday.
| 5:58 am – 6:58 am | Sun |
| 6:58 am – 7:58 am | Venus |
| 7:58 am – 8:58 am | Mercury |
| 8:58 am – 9:58 am | Moon |
| 9:58 am – 10:58 am | Saturn |
| 10:58 am – 11:58 am | Jupiter |
| 11:58 am – 12:58 pm | Mars |
| 12:58 pm – 1:58 pm | Sun |
| 1:58 pm – 2:58 pm | Venus |
| 2:58 pm – 3:58 pm | Mercury |
| 3:58 pm – 4:58 pm | Moon |
| 4:58 pm – 5:58 pm | Saturn |
| 5:58 pm – 6:58 pm | Jupiter |
| 6:58 pm – 7:58 pm | Mars |
| 7:58 pm – 8:58 pm | Sun |
| 8:58 pm – 9:58 pm | Venus |
| 9:58 pm – 10:58 pm | Mercury |
| 10:58 pm – 11:58 pm | Moon |
| 11:58 pm – 12:58 am | Saturn |
| 12:58 am – 1:58 am | Jupiter |
| 1:58 am – 2:58 am | Mars |
| 2:58 am – 3:58 am | Sun |
| 3:58 am – 4:58 am | Venus |
| 4:58 am – 5:58 am | Mercury |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 1:43 pm, yoga at 1:45 pm, nakshatra at 12:00 am Monday, tithi and karana at 1:29 am Monday.
On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:28 pm in Chennai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Chennai on 3 October 2027?
Shukla Chaturthi, until 1:29 am Monday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (5:58 am in Chennai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Chennai on 3 October 2027?
4:28 pm to 5:58 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 11:58 am to 1:28 pm and Gulikai 2:58 pm to 4:28 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Chennai on 3 October 2027?
During daylight: Labh 8:58 am to 10:28 am, Amrit 10:28 am to 11:58 am, Shubh 1:28 pm to 2:58 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:34 am to 12:22 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Chennai on 3 October 2027?
Moonrise is at 8:50 am.
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.