Shastra Panchangam

Madurai, Thursday, 18 March 2027

Thursday 18 March 2027 · Panguni 4

Rahu Kalam1:56 pm – 3:27 pm
Yamagandam6:23 am – 7:54 am
Gulikai9:24 am – 10:55 am
Nalla Neram10:45 am – 11:45 am, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
TithiShukla Ekadashi until 1:52 am Friday

Sunrise 6:23 am, sunset 6:29 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

1:56 pm – 3:27 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:23 am – 7:54 am

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

Gulikai

9:24 am – 10:55 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
6:23 am – 7:54 amShubhgood
7:54 am – 9:24 amRogavoid
9:24 am – 10:55 amUdvegavoid
10:55 am – 12:26 pmCharneutral
12:26 pm – 1:56 pmLabhgood
1:56 pm – 3:27 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:27 pm – 4:58 pmKaalavoid
4:58 pm – 6:29 pmShubhgood
Night
6:29 pm – 7:58 pmAmritgood
7:58 pm – 9:27 pmCharneutral
9:27 pm – 10:56 pmRogavoid
10:56 pm – 12:25 amKaalavoid
12:25 am – 1:55 amLabhgood
1:55 am – 3:24 amUdvegavoid
3:24 am – 4:53 amShubhgood
4:53 am – 6:22 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

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

The Moon

Moonrise 2:48 pm, moonset 3:37 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.

6:23 am – 7:23 amJupiter
7:23 am – 8:24 amMars
8:24 am – 9:24 amSun
9:24 am – 10:25 amVenus
10:25 am – 11:25 amMercury
11:25 am – 12:26 pmMoon
12:26 pm – 1:26 pmSaturn
1:26 pm – 2:27 pmJupiter
2:27 pm – 3:27 pmMars
3:27 pm – 4:28 pmSun
4:28 pm – 5:28 pmVenus
5:28 pm – 6:29 pmMercury
6:29 pm – 7:28 pmMoon
7:28 pm – 8:28 pmSaturn
8:28 pm – 9:27 pmJupiter
9:27 pm – 10:27 pmMars
10:27 pm – 11:26 pmSun
11:26 pm – 12:25 amVenus
12:25 am – 1:25 amMercury
1:25 am – 2:24 amMoon
2:24 am – 3:24 amSaturn
3:24 am – 4:23 amJupiter
4:23 am – 5:23 amMars
5:23 am – 6:22 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 6 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 1:56 pm in Madurai.

Questions

What is the tithi in Madurai on 18 March 2027?

Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:23 am in Madurai).

When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 18 March 2027?

1:56 pm to 3:27 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:23 am to 7:54 am and Gulikai 9:24 am to 10:55 am.

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

During daylight: Shubh 6:23 am to 7:54 am, Labh 12:26 pm to 1:56 pm, Shubh 4:58 pm to 6:29 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:02 pm to 12:50 pm.

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

Moonrise is at 2:48 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.