Madurai, Sunday, 3 October 2027
Sunday 3 October 2027 · Purattasi 17
The next day, Monday 4 October · Purattasi 18
Sunrise 6:06 am, sunset 6:07 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Sunday until sunrise on Monday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Chaturthi
until 1:29 am Monday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Vishakha
until 12:00 am Monday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Vishkambha
until 1:45 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 · Vanija
until 1:43 pm; then Vishti until 1:29 am Monday
Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.
Bhadra Karanam runs from 1:43 pm to 1:29 am Monday. Important work is usually started after it ends.
Daylight periods
Rahu Kalam
4:37 pm – 6:07 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
12:07 pm – 1:37 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
3:07 pm – 4:37 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
7:45 am – 8:45 am
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Gowri Nalla Neram
10:45 am – 11:45 am
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Sunday, 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 Sunday the day starts with Udveg.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:06 am – 7:36 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 7:36 am – 9:06 am | Char | neutral |
| 9:06 am – 10:36 am | Labh | good |
| 10:36 am – 12:07 pm | Amrit | good |
| 12:07 pm – 1:37 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:37 pm – 3:07 pm | Shubh | good |
| 3:07 pm – 4:37 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 4:37 pm – 6:07 pm | Udveg | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:07 pm – 7:37 pm | Shubh | good |
| 7:37 pm – 9:07 pm | Amrit | good |
| 9:07 pm – 10:37 pm | Char | neutral |
| 10:37 pm – 12:07 am | Rog | avoid |
| 12:07 am – 1:36 am | Kaal | avoid |
| 1:36 am – 3:06 am | Labh | good |
| 3:06 am – 4:36 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 4:36 am – 6:06 am | Shubh | 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 8:53 am, moonset 8:36 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: the Sun on a Sunday.
| 6:06 am – 7:06 am | Sun |
| 7:06 am – 8:06 am | Venus |
| 8:06 am – 9:06 am | Mercury |
| 9:06 am – 10:06 am | Moon |
| 10:06 am – 11:06 am | Saturn |
| 11:06 am – 12:07 pm | Jupiter |
| 12:07 pm – 1:07 pm | Mars |
| 1:07 pm – 2:07 pm | Sun |
| 2:07 pm – 3:07 pm | Venus |
| 3:07 pm – 4:07 pm | Mercury |
| 4:07 pm – 5:07 pm | Moon |
| 5:07 pm – 6:07 pm | Saturn |
| 6:07 pm – 7:07 pm | Jupiter |
| 7:07 pm – 8:07 pm | Mars |
| 8:07 pm – 9:07 pm | Sun |
| 9:07 pm – 10:07 pm | Venus |
| 10:07 pm – 11:07 pm | Mercury |
| 11:07 pm – 12:07 am | Moon |
| 12:07 am – 1:06 am | Saturn |
| 1:06 am – 2:06 am | Jupiter |
| 2:06 am – 3:06 am | Mars |
| 3:06 am – 4:06 am | Sun |
| 4:06 am – 5:06 am | Venus |
| 5:06 am – 6:06 am | Mercury |
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 1:43 pm, yoga at 1:45 pm, nakshatra at 12:00 am Monday, tithi and karana at 1:29 am Monday.
On a Sunday, Rahu Kalam is the eighth of the eight parts of daylight, from 4:37 pm in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 3 October 2027?
Shukla Chaturthi, until 1:29 am Monday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:06 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 3 October 2027?
4:37 pm to 6:07 pm, the last of the eight parts of daylight on a Sunday. Yamagandam runs 12:07 pm to 1:37 pm and Gulikai 3:07 pm to 4:37 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 3 October 2027?
During daylight: Labh 9:06 am to 10:36 am, Amrit 10:36 am to 12:07 pm, Shubh 1:37 pm to 3:07 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:43 am to 12:31 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 3 October 2027?
Moonrise is at 8:53 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.