Shastra Panchangam

Madurai, Tuesday, 16 March 2027

Tuesday 16 March 2027 · Panguni 2

Rahu Kalam3:27 pm – 4:58 pm
Yamagandam9:25 am – 10:56 am
Gulikai12:26 pm – 1:57 pm
Nalla Neram7:45 am – 8:45 am, 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
TithiShukla Ashtami until 8:55 am

Sunrise 6:24 am, sunset 6:29 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

3:27 pm – 4:58 pm

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

Yamagandam

9:25 am – 10:56 am

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

Gulikai

12:26 pm – 1:57 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
6:24 am – 7:55 amRogavoid
7:55 am – 9:25 amUdvegavoid
9:25 am – 10:56 amCharneutral
10:56 am – 12:26 pmLabhgood
12:26 pm – 1:57 pmAmritgood
1:57 pm – 3:27 pmKaalavoid
3:27 pm – 4:58 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:58 pm – 6:29 pmRogavoid
Night
6:29 pm – 7:58 pmKaalavoid
7:58 pm – 9:27 pmLabhgood
9:27 pm – 10:57 pmUdvegavoid
10:57 pm – 12:26 amShubhgood
12:26 am – 1:55 amAmritgood
1:55 am – 3:25 amCharneutral
3:25 am – 4:54 amRogavoid
4:54 am – 6:24 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

12:02 pm – 12:50 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:43 pm, moonset 1:46 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.

6:24 am – 7:24 amMars
7:24 am – 8:25 amSun
8:25 am – 9:25 amVenus
9:25 am – 10:26 amMercury
10:26 am – 11:26 amMoon
11:26 am – 12:26 pmSaturn
12:26 pm – 1:27 pmJupiter
1:27 pm – 2:27 pmMars
2:27 pm – 3:27 pmSun
3:27 pm – 4:28 pmVenus
4:28 pm – 5:28 pmMercury
5:28 pm – 6:29 pmMoon
6:29 pm – 7:28 pmSaturn
7:28 pm – 8:28 pmJupiter
8:28 pm – 9:27 pmMars
9:27 pm – 10:27 pmSun
10:27 pm – 11:26 pmVenus
11:26 pm – 12:26 amMercury
12:26 am – 1:26 amMoon
1:26 am – 2:25 amSaturn
2:25 am – 3:25 amJupiter
3:25 am – 4:24 amMars
4:24 am – 5:24 amSun
5:24 am – 6:24 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 3:27 pm in Madurai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Madurai on 16 March 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 8:55 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:24 am in Madurai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 16 March 2027?

3:27 pm to 4:58 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:25 am to 10:56 am and Gulikai 12:26 pm to 1:57 pm.

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

During daylight: Labh 10:56 am to 12:26 pm, Amrit 12:26 pm to 1:57 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:02 pm to 12:50 pm.

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

Moonrise is at 12:43 pm.

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

How this was computed
Calculated for Madurai (9.9252°N, 78.1198°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.