Madurai, Thursday, 23 September 2027
Thursday 23 September 2027 · Purattasi 7
Pitru Paksha
The next day, Friday 24 September · Purattasi 8
Sunrise 6:07 am, sunset 6:13 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
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 Ashtami
until 2:58 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Mrigashira
until 5:07 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 · Vyatipata
until 11:36 pm
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 3:50 pm; then Kaulava until 2:58 am Friday
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
1:41 pm – 3:12 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:07 am – 7:37 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:08 am – 10:39 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:07 am – 7:37 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:37 am – 9:08 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:08 am – 10:39 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:39 am – 12:10 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:10 pm – 1:41 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:41 pm – 3:12 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:12 pm – 4:43 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:43 pm – 6:13 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:13 pm – 7:43 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:43 pm – 9:12 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:12 pm – 10:41 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:41 pm – 12:10 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:10 am – 1:39 am | Labh | good |
| 1:39 am – 3:08 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:08 am – 4:37 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:37 am – 6:06 am | Amrit | good |
Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.
Abhijit Muhurta
11:46 am – 12:34 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 12:15 am Friday, moonset 12:17 pm.
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.
| 6:07 am – 7:07 am | Jupiter |
| 7:07 am – 8:08 am | Mars |
| 8:08 am – 9:08 am | Sun |
| 9:08 am – 10:09 am | Venus |
| 10:09 am – 11:09 am | Mercury |
| 11:09 am – 12:10 pm | Moon |
| 12:10 pm – 1:11 pm | Saturn |
| 1:11 pm – 2:11 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:11 pm – 3:12 pm | Mars |
| 3:12 pm – 4:12 pm | Sun |
| 4:12 pm – 5:13 pm | Venus |
| 5:13 pm – 6:13 pm | Mercury |
| 6:13 pm – 7:13 pm | Moon |
| 7:13 pm – 8:12 pm | Saturn |
| 8:12 pm – 9:12 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:12 pm – 10:11 pm | Mars |
| 10:11 pm – 11:11 pm | Sun |
| 11:11 pm – 12:10 am | Venus |
| 12:10 am – 1:09 am | Mercury |
| 1:09 am – 2:09 am | Moon |
| 2:09 am – 3:08 am | Saturn |
| 3:08 am – 4:08 am | Jupiter |
| 4:08 am – 5:07 am | Mars |
| 5:07 am – 6:06 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 7 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:50 pm, nakshatra at 5:07 pm, yoga at 11:36 pm, tithi and karana at 2:58 am Friday.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:41 pm in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 23 September 2027?
Krishna Ashtami, until 2:58 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:07 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 23 September 2027?
1:41 pm to 3:12 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:07 am to 7:37 am and Gulikai 9:08 am to 10:39 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 23 September 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 6:07 am to 7:37 am, Labh 12:10 pm to 1:41 pm, Shubh 4:43 pm to 6:13 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:46 am to 12:34 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 23 September 2027?
Moonrise is at 12:15 am on Friday 24 September.
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.