Madurai, Thursday, 30 September 2027
Thursday 30 September 2027 · Purattasi 14
Sharad Navratri
The next day, Friday 1 October · Purattasi 15
Sunrise 6:06 am, sunset 6:09 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.
On this day
- Sharad Navratri begins on Thursday 30 September. Sharad Navratri 2027
- Amavasya is the tithi at sunrise. By the kutapa rule, the observance was on Wednesday 29 September. Details
Panchangam details
Tithi · Amavasya
until 8:06 am; then Shukla Pratipada until 5:36 am Friday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Hasta
until 2:12 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 · Brahma
until 9:09 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 · Naga
until 8:06 am; then Kimstughna until 6:48 pm; then Bava until 5:36 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
1:38 pm – 3:08 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
6:06 am – 7:36 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
9:07 am – 10:37 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:06 am – 7:36 am | Shubh | good |
| 7:36 am – 9:07 am | Rog | avoid |
| 9:07 am – 10:37 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:37 am – 12:08 pm | Char | neutral |
| 12:08 pm – 1:38 pm | Labh | good |
| 1:38 pm – 3:08 pm | Amrit | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 3:08 pm – 4:39 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:39 pm – 6:09 pm | Shubh | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:09 pm – 7:39 pm | Amrit | good |
| 7:39 pm – 9:08 pm | Char | neutral |
| 9:08 pm – 10:38 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 10:38 pm – 12:08 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 12:08 am – 1:37 am | Labh | good |
| 1:37 am – 3:07 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 3:07 am – 4:36 am | Shubh | good |
| 4:36 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
11:43 am – 12:32 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
The Moon does not rise in Madurai between this sunrise and the next; it sets at 6:11 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.
| 6:06 am – 7:06 am | Jupiter |
| 7:06 am – 8:07 am | Mars |
| 8:07 am – 9:07 am | Sun |
| 9:07 am – 10:07 am | Venus |
| 10:07 am – 11:07 am | Mercury |
| 11:07 am – 12:08 pm | Moon |
| 12:08 pm – 1:08 pm | Saturn |
| 1:08 pm – 2:08 pm | Jupiter |
| 2:08 pm – 3:08 pm | Mars |
| 3:08 pm – 4:09 pm | Sun |
| 4:09 pm – 5:09 pm | Venus |
| 5:09 pm – 6:09 pm | Mercury |
| 6:09 pm – 7:09 pm | Moon |
| 7:09 pm – 8:09 pm | Saturn |
| 8:09 pm – 9:08 pm | Jupiter |
| 9:08 pm – 10:08 pm | Mars |
| 10:08 pm – 11:08 pm | Sun |
| 11:08 pm – 12:08 am | Venus |
| 12:08 am – 1:07 am | Mercury |
| 1:07 am – 2:07 am | Moon |
| 2:07 am – 3:07 am | Saturn |
| 3:07 am – 4:06 am | Jupiter |
| 4:06 am – 5:06 am | Mars |
| 5:06 am – 6:06 am | Sun |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 3 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: tithi and karana at 8:06 am, karana at 6:48 pm, yoga at 9:09 pm, nakshatra at 2:12 am Friday, tithi and karana at 5:36 am Friday. Shukla Pratipada begins and ends within the day, so no sunrise names it.
On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:38 pm in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 30 September 2027?
Amavasya, until 8:06 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:06 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 30 September 2027?
1:38 pm to 3:08 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:06 am to 7:36 am and Gulikai 9:07 am to 10:37 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 30 September 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 6:06 am to 7:36 am, Labh 12:08 pm to 1:38 pm, Shubh 4:39 pm to 6:09 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:43 am to 12:32 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 30 September 2027?
The Moon does not rise in Madurai between this sunrise and the next. It rises a little later each day, and about once a month that carries moonrise past the next sunrise.
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.