Madurai, Monday, 8 March 2027
Monday 8 March 2027 · Maasi 24
Amavasya
The next day, Tuesday 9 March · Maasi 25
Sunrise 6:28 am, sunset 6:28 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Monday until sunrise on Tuesday.
On this day
- Amavasya is on Monday 8 March. Amavasya dates 2027
Panchangam details
Tithi · Amavasya
until 2:59 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Shatabhisha
until 8:35 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 2:44 am Tuesday
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 2:59 pm; then Kimstughna until 3:24 am Tuesday
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
7:58 am – 9:28 am
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
10:58 am – 12:28 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
1:58 pm – 3:28 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
6:15 am – 7:15 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
9:15 am – 10:15 am
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Monday, 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 Monday the day starts with Amrit.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:28 am – 7:58 am | Amrit | good |
| 7:58 am – 9:28 am | Kaal | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 9:28 am – 10:58 am | Shubh | good |
| 10:58 am – 12:28 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 12:28 pm – 1:58 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:58 pm – 3:28 pm | Char | neutral |
| 3:28 pm – 4:58 pm | Labh | good |
| 4:58 pm – 6:28 pm | Amrit | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:28 pm – 7:58 pm | Char | neutral |
| 7:58 pm – 9:28 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 9:28 pm – 10:58 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 10:58 pm – 12:28 am | Labh | good |
| 12:28 am – 1:58 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:58 am – 3:28 am | Shubh | good |
| 3:28 am – 4:58 am | Amrit | good |
| 4:58 am – 6:28 am | Char | neutral |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
12:04 pm – 12:52 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
The Moon does not rise in Madurai between this sunrise and the next; it sets at 6:25 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 Moon on a Monday.
| 6:28 am – 7:28 am | Moon |
| 7:28 am – 8:28 am | Saturn |
| 8:28 am – 9:28 am | Jupiter |
| 9:28 am – 10:28 am | Mars |
| 10:28 am – 11:28 am | Sun |
| 11:28 am – 12:28 pm | Venus |
| 12:28 pm – 1:28 pm | Mercury |
| 1:28 pm – 2:28 pm | Moon |
| 2:28 pm – 3:28 pm | Saturn |
| 3:28 pm – 4:28 pm | Jupiter |
| 4:28 pm – 5:28 pm | Mars |
| 5:28 pm – 6:28 pm | Sun |
| 6:28 pm – 7:28 pm | Venus |
| 7:28 pm – 8:28 pm | Mercury |
| 8:28 pm – 9:28 pm | Moon |
| 9:28 pm – 10:28 pm | Saturn |
| 10:28 pm – 11:28 pm | Jupiter |
| 11:28 pm – 12:28 am | Mars |
| 12:28 am – 1:28 am | Sun |
| 1:28 am – 2:28 am | Venus |
| 2:28 am – 3:28 am | Mercury |
| 3:28 am – 4:28 am | Moon |
| 4:28 am – 5:28 am | Saturn |
| 5:28 am – 6:28 am | Jupiter |
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: nakshatra at 8:35 am, tithi and karana at 2:59 pm, yoga at 2:44 am Tuesday, karana at 3:24 am Tuesday.
On a Monday, Rahu Kalam is the second of the eight parts of daylight, from 7:58 am in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 8 March 2027?
Amavasya, until 2:59 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:28 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 8 March 2027?
7:58 am to 9:28 am, the second of the eight parts of daylight on a Monday. Yamagandam runs 10:58 am to 12:28 pm and Gulikai 1:58 pm to 3:28 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 8 March 2027?
During daylight: Amrit 6:28 am to 7:58 am, Shubh 9:28 am to 10:58 am, Labh 3:28 pm to 4:58 pm, Amrit 4:58 pm to 6:28 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:04 pm to 12:52 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 8 March 2027?
The Moon does not rise in Madurai 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 Madurai (9.9252°N, 78.1198°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.