Shastra Panchangam

Coimbatore, Thursday, 18 March 2027

Thursday 18 March 2027 · Panguni 4

Rahu Kalam2:01 pm – 3:32 pm
Yamagandam6:28 am – 7:58 am
Gulikai9:29 am – 11:00 am
Nalla Neram10:45 am – 11:45 am, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
TithiShukla Ekadashi until 1:52 am Friday

Sunrise 6:28 am, sunset 6:33 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi

until 1:52 am Friday

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

Nakshatra · Pushya

until 3:21 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 · Atiganda

until 2:35 am Friday

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 3:08 pm; then Vishti until 1:52 am Friday

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:08 pm to 1:52 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

2:01 pm – 3:32 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:28 am – 7:58 am

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

Gulikai

9:29 am – 11:00 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
6:28 am – 7:58 amShubhgood
7:58 am – 9:29 amRogavoid
9:29 am – 11:00 amUdvegavoid
11:00 am – 12:30 pmCharneutral
12:30 pm – 2:01 pmLabhgood
2:01 pm – 3:32 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:32 pm – 5:02 pmKaalavoid
5:02 pm – 6:33 pmShubhgood
Night
6:33 pm – 8:02 pmAmritgood
8:02 pm – 9:32 pmCharneutral
9:32 pm – 11:01 pmRogavoid
11:01 pm – 12:30 amKaalavoid
12:30 am – 1:59 amLabhgood
1:59 am – 3:29 amUdvegavoid
3:29 am – 4:58 amShubhgood
4:58 am – 6:27 amAmritgood

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.

Abhijit Muhurta

12:06 pm – 12:55 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 2:51 pm, moonset 3:43 am Friday.

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.

6:28 am – 7:28 amJupiter
7:28 am – 8:29 amMars
8:29 am – 9:29 amSun
9:29 am – 10:30 amVenus
10:30 am – 11:30 amMercury
11:30 am – 12:30 pmMoon
12:30 pm – 1:31 pmSaturn
1:31 pm – 2:31 pmJupiter
2:31 pm – 3:32 pmMars
3:32 pm – 4:32 pmSun
4:32 pm – 5:33 pmVenus
5:33 pm – 6:33 pmMercury
6:33 pm – 7:33 pmMoon
7:33 pm – 8:32 pmSaturn
8:32 pm – 9:32 pmJupiter
9:32 pm – 10:31 pmMars
10:31 pm – 11:31 pmSun
11:31 pm – 12:30 amVenus
12:30 am – 1:30 amMercury
1:30 am – 2:29 amMoon
2:29 am – 3:29 amSaturn
3:29 am – 4:28 amJupiter
4:28 am – 5:28 amMars
5:28 am – 6:27 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:08 pm, tithi and karana at 1:52 am Friday, yoga at 2:35 am Friday, nakshatra at 3:21 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 2:01 pm in Coimbatore.

Questions

What is the tithi in Coimbatore on 18 March 2027?

Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:28 am in Coimbatore).

When is Rahu Kalam in Coimbatore on 18 March 2027?

2:01 pm to 3:32 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:28 am to 7:58 am and Gulikai 9:29 am to 11:00 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Coimbatore on 18 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:28 am to 7:58 am, Labh 12:30 pm to 2:01 pm, Shubh 5:02 pm to 6:33 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:06 pm to 12:55 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Coimbatore on 18 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 2:51 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.