Madurai, Monday, 4 October 2027
Monday 4 October 2027 · Purattasi 18
The next day, Tuesday 5 October · Purattasi 19
Sunrise 6:06 am, sunset 6:07 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Monday until sunrise on Tuesday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Panchami
until 1:37 am Tuesday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Anuradha
until 12:44 am Tuesday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Priti
until 12:25 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 · Bava
until 1:26 pm; then Balava until 1:37 am Tuesday
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
7:36 am – 9:06 am
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
10:36 am – 12:06 pm
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
1:36 pm – 3:07 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:06 am – 7:36 am | Amrit | good |
| 7:36 am – 9:06 am | Kaal | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 9:06 am – 10:36 am | Shubh | good |
| 10:36 am – 12:06 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 12:06 pm – 1:36 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:36 pm – 3:07 pm | Char | neutral |
| 3:07 pm – 4:37 pm | Labh | good |
| 4:37 pm – 6:07 pm | Amrit | good |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:07 pm – 7:37 pm | Char | neutral |
| 7:37 pm – 9:07 pm | Rog | avoid |
| 9:07 pm – 10:36 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 10:36 pm – 12:06 am | Labh | good |
| 12:06 am – 1:36 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 1:36 am – 3:06 am | Shubh | good |
| 3:06 am – 4:36 am | Amrit | good |
| 4:36 am – 6:06 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
11:42 am – 12:30 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.
The Moon
Moonrise 9:50 am, moonset 9:28 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 Moon on a Monday.
| 6:06 am – 7:06 am | Moon |
| 7:06 am – 8:06 am | Saturn |
| 8:06 am – 9:06 am | Jupiter |
| 9:06 am – 10:06 am | Mars |
| 10:06 am – 11:06 am | Sun |
| 11:06 am – 12:06 pm | Venus |
| 12:06 pm – 1:06 pm | Mercury |
| 1:06 pm – 2:06 pm | Moon |
| 2:06 pm – 3:07 pm | Saturn |
| 3:07 pm – 4:07 pm | Jupiter |
| 4:07 pm – 5:07 pm | Mars |
| 5:07 pm – 6:07 pm | Sun |
| 6:07 pm – 7:07 pm | Venus |
| 7:07 pm – 8:07 pm | Mercury |
| 8:07 pm – 9:07 pm | Moon |
| 9:07 pm – 10:06 pm | Saturn |
| 10:06 pm – 11:06 pm | Jupiter |
| 11:06 pm – 12:06 am | Mars |
| 12:06 am – 1:06 am | Sun |
| 1:06 am – 2:06 am | Venus |
| 2:06 am – 3:06 am | Mercury |
| 3:06 am – 4:06 am | Moon |
| 4:06 am – 5:06 am | Saturn |
| 5:06 am – 6:06 am | Jupiter |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours and 1 minute, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 12:25 pm, karana at 1:26 pm, nakshatra at 12:44 am Tuesday, tithi and karana at 1:37 am Tuesday.
On a Monday, Rahu Kalam is the second of the eight parts of daylight, from 7:36 am in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 4 October 2027?
Shukla Panchami, until 1:37 am Tuesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:06 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 4 October 2027?
7:36 am to 9:06 am, the second of the eight parts of daylight on a Monday. Yamagandam runs 10:36 am to 12:06 pm and Gulikai 1:36 pm to 3:07 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 4 October 2027?
During daylight: Amrit 6:06 am to 7:36 am, Shubh 9:06 am to 10:36 am, Labh 3:07 pm to 4:37 pm, Amrit 4:37 pm to 6:07 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:42 am to 12:30 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 4 October 2027?
Moonrise is at 9:50 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.