Madurai, Tuesday, 23 March 2027
Tuesday 23 March 2027 · Panguni 9
The next day, Wednesday 24 March · Panguni 10
Sunrise 6:20 am, sunset 6:28 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Krishna Pratipada
until 2:29 pm
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Hasta
until 7:50 pm
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Vriddhi
until 11:28 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 · Kaulava
until 2:29 pm; then Taitila until 1:47 am Wednesday
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
3:26 pm – 4:57 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
9:22 am – 10:53 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
12:24 pm – 1:55 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:20 am – 7:51 am | Rog | avoid |
| 7:51 am – 9:22 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 9:22 am – 10:53 am | Char | neutral |
| 10:53 am – 12:24 pm | Labh | good |
| 12:24 pm – 1:55 pm | Amrit | good |
| 1:55 pm – 3:26 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 3:26 pm – 4:57 pm | Shubh | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 4:57 pm – 6:28 pm | Rog | avoid |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:28 pm – 7:57 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 7:57 pm – 9:26 pm | Labh | good |
| 9:26 pm – 10:55 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:55 pm – 12:24 am | Shubh | good |
| 12:24 am – 1:53 am | Amrit | good |
| 1:53 am – 3:22 am | Char | neutral |
| 3:22 am – 4:51 am | Rog | avoid |
| 4:51 am – 6:20 am | Kaal | avoid |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
12:00 pm – 12:49 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 7:23 pm, moonset 6:37 am.
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.
| 6:20 am – 7:21 am | Mars |
| 7:21 am – 8:22 am | Sun |
| 8:22 am – 9:22 am | Venus |
| 9:22 am – 10:23 am | Mercury |
| 10:23 am – 11:24 am | Moon |
| 11:24 am – 12:24 pm | Saturn |
| 12:24 pm – 1:25 pm | Jupiter |
| 1:25 pm – 2:26 pm | Mars |
| 2:26 pm – 3:26 pm | Sun |
| 3:26 pm – 4:27 pm | Venus |
| 4:27 pm – 5:28 pm | Mercury |
| 5:28 pm – 6:28 pm | Moon |
| 6:28 pm – 7:28 pm | Saturn |
| 7:28 pm – 8:27 pm | Jupiter |
| 8:27 pm – 9:26 pm | Mars |
| 9:26 pm – 10:25 pm | Sun |
| 10:25 pm – 11:25 pm | Venus |
| 11:25 pm – 12:24 am | Mercury |
| 12:24 am – 1:23 am | Moon |
| 1:23 am – 2:23 am | Saturn |
| 2:23 am – 3:22 am | Jupiter |
| 3:22 am – 4:21 am | Mars |
| 4:21 am – 5:20 am | Sun |
| 5:20 am – 6:20 am | Venus |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 8 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:28 am, tithi and karana at 2:29 pm, nakshatra at 7:50 pm, karana at 1:47 am Wednesday.
On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:26 pm in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 23 March 2027?
Krishna Pratipada, until 2:29 pm. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:20 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 23 March 2027?
3:26 pm to 4:57 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:22 am to 10:53 am and Gulikai 12:24 pm to 1:55 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 23 March 2027?
During daylight: Labh 10:53 am to 12:24 pm, Amrit 12:24 pm to 1:55 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:00 pm to 12:49 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 23 March 2027?
Moonrise is at 7:23 pm.
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.