Madurai, Sunday, 14 March 2027
Sunday 14 March 2027 · Maasi 30
The next day, Monday 15 March · Panguni 1
Sunrise 6:25 am, sunset 6:29 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Shashti
until 12:32 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Krittika
until 10:24 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 · Vishkambha
until 5:11 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 · Taitila
until 12:32 pm; then Gara until 11:44 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
4:58 pm – 6:29 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
12:27 pm – 1:57 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
3:28 pm – 4:58 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:25 am – 7:56 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 7:56 am – 9:26 am | Char | neutral |
| 9:26 am – 10:56 am | Labh | good |
| 10:56 am – 12:27 pm | Amrit | good |
| 12:27 pm – 1:57 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:57 pm – 3:28 pm | Shubh | good |
| 3:28 pm – 4:58 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 4:58 pm – 6:29 pm | Udveg | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:29 pm – 7:58 pm | Shubh | good |
| 7:58 pm – 9:28 pm | Amrit | good |
| 9:28 pm – 10:57 pm | Char | neutral |
| 10:57 pm – 12:27 am | Rog | avoid |
| 12:27 am – 1:56 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:56 am – 3:26 am | Labh | good |
| 3:26 am – 4:55 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 4:55 am – 6:25 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
12:03 pm – 12:51 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 10:42 am, moonset 11:44 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.
| 6:25 am – 7:25 am | Sun |
| 7:25 am – 8:26 am | Venus |
| 8:26 am – 9:26 am | Mercury |
| 9:26 am – 10:26 am | Moon |
| 10:26 am – 11:27 am | Saturn |
| 11:27 am – 12:27 pm | Jupiter |
| 12:27 pm – 1:27 pm | Mars |
| 1:27 pm – 2:27 pm | Sun |
| 2:27 pm – 3:28 pm | Venus |
| 3:28 pm – 4:28 pm | Mercury |
| 4:28 pm – 5:28 pm | Moon |
| 5:28 pm – 6:29 pm | Saturn |
| 6:29 pm – 7:28 pm | Jupiter |
| 7:28 pm – 8:28 pm | Mars |
| 8:28 pm – 9:28 pm | Sun |
| 9:28 pm – 10:27 pm | Venus |
| 10:27 pm – 11:27 pm | Mercury |
| 11:27 pm – 12:27 am | Moon |
| 12:27 am – 1:26 am | Saturn |
| 1:26 am – 2:26 am | Jupiter |
| 2:26 am – 3:26 am | Mars |
| 3:26 am – 4:25 am | Sun |
| 4:25 am – 5:25 am | Venus |
| 5:25 am – 6:25 am | Mercury |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 10:24 am, tithi and karana at 12:32 pm, yoga at 5:11 pm, karana at 11:44 pm.
On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:58 pm in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 14 March 2027?
Shukla Shashti, until 12:32 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:25 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 14 March 2027?
4:58 pm to 6:29 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:27 pm to 1:57 pm and Gulikai 3:28 pm to 4:58 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 14 March 2027?
During daylight: Labh 9:26 am to 10:56 am, Amrit 10:56 am to 12:27 pm, Shubh 1:57 pm to 3:28 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:03 pm to 12:51 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 14 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 10:42 am.
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.