Madurai, Saturday, 2 October 2027
Saturday 2 October 2027 · Purattasi 16
The next day, Sunday 3 October · Purattasi 17
Sunrise 6:06 am, sunset 6:08 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Saturday until sunrise on Sunday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Tritiya
until 2:09 am Sunday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Swati
until 12:04 am Sunday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Vaidhriti
until 3:42 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 · Taitila
until 2:46 pm; then Gara until 2:09 am Sunday
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
9:06 am – 10:37 am
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
1:37 pm – 3:07 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
6:06 am – 7:36 am
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
7:45 am – 8:45 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
9:30 pm – 10:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Saturday, 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 Saturday the day starts with Kaal.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:06 am – 7:36 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 7:36 am – 9:06 am | Shubh | good |
| 9:06 am – 10:37 am | Rog | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 10:37 am – 12:07 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 12:07 pm – 1:37 pm | Char | neutral |
| 1:37 pm – 3:07 pm | Labh | good |
| 3:07 pm – 4:38 pm | Amrit | good |
| 4:38 pm – 6:08 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:08 pm – 7:38 pm | Labh | good |
| 7:38 pm – 9:07 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 9:07 pm – 10:37 pm | Shubh | good |
| 10:37 pm – 12:07 am | Amrit | good |
| 12:07 am – 1:37 am | Char | neutral |
| 1:37 am – 3:06 am | Rog | avoid |
| 3:06 am – 4:36 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 4:36 am – 6:06 am | Labh | 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 – 12:31 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 7:56 am, moonset 7:45 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: Saturn on a Saturday.
| 6:06 am – 7:06 am | Saturn |
| 7:06 am – 8:06 am | Jupiter |
| 8:06 am – 9:06 am | Mars |
| 9:06 am – 10:07 am | Sun |
| 10:07 am – 11:07 am | Venus |
| 11:07 am – 12:07 pm | Mercury |
| 12:07 pm – 1:07 pm | Moon |
| 1:07 pm – 2:07 pm | Saturn |
| 2:07 pm – 3:07 pm | Jupiter |
| 3:07 pm – 4:08 pm | Mars |
| 4:08 pm – 5:08 pm | Sun |
| 5:08 pm – 6:08 pm | Venus |
| 6:08 pm – 7:08 pm | Mercury |
| 7:08 pm – 8:08 pm | Moon |
| 8:08 pm – 9:07 pm | Saturn |
| 9:07 pm – 10:07 pm | Jupiter |
| 10:07 pm – 11:07 pm | Mars |
| 11:07 pm – 12:07 am | Sun |
| 12:07 am – 1:07 am | Venus |
| 1:07 am – 2:07 am | Mercury |
| 2:07 am – 3:06 am | Moon |
| 3:06 am – 4:06 am | Saturn |
| 4:06 am – 5:06 am | Jupiter |
| 5:06 am – 6:06 am | Mars |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 2 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 2:46 pm, yoga at 3:42 pm, nakshatra at 12:04 am Sunday, tithi and karana at 2:09 am Sunday.
On a Saturday, Rahu Kalam is the third of the eight parts of daylight, from 9:06 am in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 2 October 2027?
Shukla Tritiya, until 2:09 am Sunday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:06 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 2 October 2027?
9:06 am to 10:37 am, the third of the eight parts of daylight on a Saturday. Yamagandam runs 1:37 pm to 3:07 pm and Gulikai 6:06 am to 7:36 am.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 2 October 2027?
During daylight: Shubh 7:36 am to 9:06 am, Labh 1:37 pm to 3:07 pm, Amrit 3:07 pm to 4:38 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:43 am to 12:31 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 2 October 2027?
Moonrise is at 7:56 am.
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.