Shastra Panchangam

Madurai, Wednesday, 17 March 2027

Wednesday 17 March 2027 · Panguni 3

Rahu Kalam12:26 pm – 1:57 pm
Yamagandam7:54 am – 9:25 am
Gulikai10:55 am – 12:26 pm
Nalla Neram9:15 am – 10:15 am, 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
TithiShukla Navami until 6:44 am

Sunrise 6:24 am, sunset 6:29 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Wednesday until sunrise on Thursday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Navami

until 6:44 am; then Shukla Dashami until 4:22 am Thursday

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

Nakshatra · Ardra

until 6:46 am; then Punarvasu until 5:08 am Thursday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Saubhagya

until 8:53 am; then Shobhana until 5:47 am Thursday

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 · Kaulava

until 6:44 am; then Taitila until 5:34 pm; then Gara until 4:22 am Thursday

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

12:26 pm – 1:57 pm

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

Yamagandam

7:54 am – 9:25 am

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

Gulikai

10:55 am – 12:26 pm

Avoided for new beginnings in most households.

Nalla Neram

9:15 am – 10:15 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm

Gowri Nalla Neram

10:45 am – 11:45 am
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Wednesday, 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 Wednesday the day starts with Labh.

Day
6:24 am – 7:54 amLabhgood
7:54 am – 9:25 amAmritgood
9:25 am – 10:55 amKaalavoid
10:55 am – 12:26 pmShubhgood
12:26 pm – 1:57 pmRogavoid · Rahu Kalam
1:57 pm – 3:27 pmUdvegavoid
3:27 pm – 4:58 pmCharneutral
4:58 pm – 6:29 pmLabhgood
Night
6:29 pm – 7:58 pmUdvegavoid
7:58 pm – 9:27 pmShubhgood
9:27 pm – 10:56 pmAmritgood
10:56 pm – 12:26 amCharneutral
12:26 am – 1:55 amRogavoid
1:55 am – 3:24 amKaalavoid
3:24 am – 4:54 amLabhgood
4:54 am – 6:23 amUdvegavoid

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; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

The Moon

Moonrise 1:46 pm, moonset 2:44 am Thursday.

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: Mercury on a Wednesday.

6:24 am – 7:24 amMercury
7:24 am – 8:24 amMoon
8:24 am – 9:25 amSaturn
9:25 am – 10:25 amJupiter
10:25 am – 11:26 amMars
11:26 am – 12:26 pmSun
12:26 pm – 1:26 pmVenus
1:26 pm – 2:27 pmMercury
2:27 pm – 3:27 pmMoon
3:27 pm – 4:28 pmSaturn
4:28 pm – 5:28 pmJupiter
5:28 pm – 6:29 pmMars
6:29 pm – 7:28 pmSun
7:28 pm – 8:28 pmVenus
8:28 pm – 9:27 pmMercury
9:27 pm – 10:27 pmMoon
10:27 pm – 11:26 pmSaturn
11:26 pm – 12:26 amJupiter
12:26 am – 1:25 amMars
1:25 am – 2:25 amSun
2:25 am – 3:24 amVenus
3:24 am – 4:24 amMercury
4:24 am – 5:23 amMoon
5:23 am – 6:23 amSaturn

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: tithi and karana at 6:44 am, nakshatra at 6:46 am, yoga at 8:53 am, karana at 5:34 pm, tithi and karana at 4:22 am Thursday, nakshatra at 5:08 am Thursday, yoga at 5:47 am Thursday. Shukla Dashami begins and ends within the day, so no sunrise names it.

On a Wednesday, Rahu Kalam is the fifth of the eight parts of daylight, from 12:26 pm in Madurai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Madurai on 17 March 2027?

Shukla Navami, until 6:44 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:24 am in Madurai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 17 March 2027?

12:26 pm to 1:57 pm, the fifth of the eight parts of daylight on a Wednesday. Yamagandam runs 7:54 am to 9:25 am and Gulikai 10:55 am to 12:26 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 17 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 6:24 am to 7:54 am, Amrit 7:54 am to 9:25 am, Shubh 10:55 am to 12:26 pm, Labh 4:58 pm to 6:29 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:02 pm to 12:50 pm; on Wednesdays it is traditionally not used.

When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 17 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 1:46 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.