Madurai, Monday, 20 September 2027
Monday 20 September 2027 · Purattasi 4
Pitru Paksha
The next day, Tuesday 21 September · Purattasi 5
Sunrise 6:07 am, sunset 6:15 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Monday until sunrise on Tuesday.
On this day
- Pitru Paksha continues until Wednesday 29 September; the shraddha day for each tithi is on the Pitru Paksha page. Pitru Paksha 2027
Panchangam details
Tithi · Krishna Chaturthi
until 7:09 am
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Bharani
until 6:09 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 · Vyaghata
until 7:14 am; then Harshana until 5:49 am Tuesday
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 · Balava
until 7:09 am; then Kaulava until 6:59 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
7:38 am – 9:09 am
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
10:40 am – 12:11 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
1:42 pm – 3:13 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
6:15 am – 7:15 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
9:15 am – 10:15 am
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Monday, 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 Monday the day starts with Amrit.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:07 am – 7:38 am | Amrit | good |
| 7:38 am – 9:09 am | Kaal | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 9:09 am – 10:40 am | Shubh | good |
| 10:40 am – 12:11 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 12:11 pm – 1:42 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:42 pm – 3:13 pm | Char | neutral |
| 3:13 pm – 4:44 pm | Labh | good |
| 4:44 pm – 6:15 pm | Amrit | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:15 pm – 7:44 pm | Char | neutral |
| 7:44 pm – 9:13 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 9:13 pm – 10:42 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 10:42 pm – 12:11 am | Labh | good |
| 12:11 am – 1:40 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:40 am – 3:09 am | Shubh | good |
| 3:09 am – 4:38 am | Amrit | good |
| 4:38 am – 6:07 am | Char | neutral |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:47 am – 12:35 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 9:23 pm, moonset 9:22 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: the Moon on a Monday.
| 6:07 am – 7:07 am | Moon |
| 7:07 am – 8:08 am | Saturn |
| 8:08 am – 9:09 am | Jupiter |
| 9:09 am – 10:10 am | Mars |
| 10:10 am – 11:10 am | Sun |
| 11:10 am – 12:11 pm | Venus |
| 12:11 pm – 1:12 pm | Mercury |
| 1:12 pm – 2:12 pm | Moon |
| 2:12 pm – 3:13 pm | Saturn |
| 3:13 pm – 4:14 pm | Jupiter |
| 4:14 pm – 5:15 pm | Mars |
| 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm | Sun |
| 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm | Venus |
| 7:15 pm – 8:14 pm | Mercury |
| 8:14 pm – 9:13 pm | Moon |
| 9:13 pm – 10:12 pm | Saturn |
| 10:12 pm – 11:12 pm | Jupiter |
| 11:12 pm – 12:11 am | Mars |
| 12:11 am – 1:10 am | Sun |
| 1:10 am – 2:10 am | Venus |
| 2:10 am – 3:09 am | Mercury |
| 3:09 am – 4:08 am | Moon |
| 4:08 am – 5:07 am | Saturn |
| 5:07 am – 6:07 am | Jupiter |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 9 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 7:09 am, yoga at 7:14 am, nakshatra at 6:09 pm, karana at 6:59 pm, yoga at 5:49 am Tuesday.
On a Monday, Rahu Kalam is the second of the eight parts of daylight, from 7:38 am in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 20 September 2027?
Krishna Chaturthi, until 7:09 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:07 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 20 September 2027?
7:38 am to 9:09 am, the second of the eight parts of daylight on a Monday. Yamagandam runs 10:40 am to 12:11 pm and Gulikai 1:42 pm to 3:13 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 20 September 2027?
During daylight: Amrit 6:07 am to 7:38 am, Shubh 9:09 am to 10:40 am, Labh 3:13 pm to 4:44 pm, Amrit 4:44 pm to 6:15 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:47 am to 12:35 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 20 September 2027?
Moonrise is at 9:23 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.