Shastra Panchangam

Coimbatore, Tuesday, 16 March 2027

Tuesday 16 March 2027 · Panguni 2

Rahu Kalam3:32 pm – 5:03 pm
Yamagandam9:30 am – 11:00 am
Gulikai12:31 pm – 2:02 pm
Nalla Neram7:45 am – 8:45 am, 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
TithiShukla Ashtami until 8:55 am

Sunrise 6:29 am, sunset 6:33 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ashtami

until 8:55 am

The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.

Nakshatra · Mrigashira

until 8:13 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 · Ayushman

until 11:51 am

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 · Bava

until 8:55 am; then Balava until 7:51 pm

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

3:32 pm – 5:03 pm

Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.

Yamagandam

9:30 am – 11:00 am

Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.

Gulikai

12:31 pm – 2:02 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
6:29 am – 7:59 amRogavoid
7:59 am – 9:30 amUdvegavoid
9:30 am – 11:00 amCharneutral
11:00 am – 12:31 pmLabhgood
12:31 pm – 2:02 pmAmritgood
2:02 pm – 3:32 pmKaalavoid
3:32 pm – 5:03 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
5:03 pm – 6:33 pmRogavoid
Night
6:33 pm – 8:03 pmKaalavoid
8:03 pm – 9:32 pmLabhgood
9:32 pm – 11:01 pmUdvegavoid
11:01 pm – 12:31 amShubhgood
12:31 am – 2:00 amAmritgood
2:00 am – 3:30 amCharneutral
3:30 am – 4:59 amRogavoid
4:59 am – 6:28 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

12:07 pm – 12:55 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:45 pm, moonset 1:53 am Wednesday.

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.

6:29 am – 7:29 amMars
7:29 am – 8:30 amSun
8:30 am – 9:30 amVenus
9:30 am – 10:30 amMercury
10:30 am – 11:31 amMoon
11:31 am – 12:31 pmSaturn
12:31 pm – 1:31 pmJupiter
1:31 pm – 2:32 pmMars
2:32 pm – 3:32 pmSun
3:32 pm – 4:32 pmVenus
4:32 pm – 5:33 pmMercury
5:33 pm – 6:33 pmMoon
6:33 pm – 7:33 pmSaturn
7:33 pm – 8:32 pmJupiter
8:32 pm – 9:32 pmMars
9:32 pm – 10:32 pmSun
10:32 pm – 11:31 pmVenus
11:31 pm – 12:31 amMercury
12:31 am – 1:30 amMoon
1:30 am – 2:30 amSaturn
2:30 am – 3:30 amJupiter
3:30 am – 4:29 amMars
4:29 am – 5:29 amSun
5:29 am – 6:28 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 4 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 8:13 am, tithi and karana at 8:55 am, yoga at 11:51 am, karana at 7:51 pm.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:32 pm in Coimbatore.

Questions

What is the tithi in Coimbatore on 16 March 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 8:55 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:29 am in Coimbatore).

When is Rahu Kalam in Coimbatore on 16 March 2027?

3:32 pm to 5:03 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:30 am to 11:00 am and Gulikai 12:31 pm to 2:02 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Coimbatore on 16 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 11:00 am to 12:31 pm, Amrit 12:31 pm to 2:02 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:07 pm to 12:55 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Coimbatore on 16 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 12:45 pm.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Coimbatore (11.0168°N, 76.9558°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.