Madurai, Tuesday, 5 October 2027
Tuesday 5 October 2027 · Purattasi 19
The next day, Wednesday 6 October · Purattasi 20
Sunrise 6:06 am, sunset 6:06 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.
Panchangam details
Tithi · Shukla Shashti
until 2:33 am Wednesday
The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.
Nakshatra · Jyeshtha
until 2:15 am Wednesday
The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.
Yoga · Ayushman
until 11:43 am
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 · Kaulava
until 1:59 pm; then Taitila until 2:33 am Wednesday
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
3:06 pm – 4:36 pm
Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.
Yamagandam
9:06 am – 10:36 am
Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.
Gulikai
12:06 pm – 1:36 pm
Avoided for new beginnings in most households.
Nalla Neram
7:45 am – 8:45 am
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Tuesday, 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 Tuesday the day starts with Rog.
| Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:06 am – 7:36 am | Rog | avoid |
| 7:36 am – 9:06 am | Udveg | avoid |
| 9:06 am – 10:36 am | Char | neutral |
| 10:36 am – 12:06 pm | Labh | good |
| 12:06 pm – 1:36 pm | Amrit | good |
| 1:36 pm – 3:06 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 3:06 pm – 4:36 pm | Shubh | avoid · Rahu Kalam |
| 4:36 pm – 6:06 pm | Rog | avoid |
| Night | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:06 pm – 7:36 pm | Kaal | avoid |
| 7:36 pm – 9:06 pm | Labh | good |
| 9:06 pm – 10:36 pm | Udveg | avoid |
| 10:36 pm – 12:06 am | Shubh | good |
| 12:06 am – 1:36 am | Amrit | good |
| 1:36 am – 3:06 am | Char | neutral |
| 3:06 am – 4:36 am | Rog | avoid |
| 4:36 am – 6:06 am | Kaal | avoid |
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 10:46 am, moonset 10:22 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: Mars on a Tuesday.
| 6:06 am – 7:06 am | Mars |
| 7:06 am – 8:06 am | Sun |
| 8:06 am – 9:06 am | Venus |
| 9:06 am – 10:06 am | Mercury |
| 10:06 am – 11:06 am | Moon |
| 11:06 am – 12:06 pm | Saturn |
| 12:06 pm – 1:06 pm | Jupiter |
| 1:06 pm – 2:06 pm | Mars |
| 2:06 pm – 3:06 pm | Sun |
| 3:06 pm – 4:06 pm | Venus |
| 4:06 pm – 5:06 pm | Mercury |
| 5:06 pm – 6:06 pm | Moon |
| 6:06 pm – 7:06 pm | Saturn |
| 7:06 pm – 8:06 pm | Jupiter |
| 8:06 pm – 9:06 pm | Mars |
| 9:06 pm – 10:06 pm | Sun |
| 10:06 pm – 11:06 pm | Venus |
| 11:06 pm – 12:06 am | Mercury |
| 12:06 am – 1:06 am | Moon |
| 1:06 am – 2:06 am | Saturn |
| 2:06 am – 3:06 am | Jupiter |
| 3:06 am – 4:06 am | Mars |
| 4:06 am – 5:06 am | Sun |
| 5:06 am – 6:06 am | Venus |
About this day
Daylight lasts 12 hours, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.
Between this sunrise and the next: yoga at 11:43 am, karana at 1:59 pm, nakshatra at 2:15 am Wednesday, tithi and karana at 2:33 am Wednesday.
On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:06 pm in Madurai.
Questions
What is the tithi in Madurai on 5 October 2027?
Shukla Shashti, until 2:33 am Wednesday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:06 am in Madurai).
When is Rahu Kalam in Madurai on 5 October 2027?
3:06 pm to 4:36 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:06 am to 10:36 am and Gulikai 12:06 pm to 1:36 pm.
Which choghadiya periods are good in Madurai on 5 October 2027?
During daylight: Labh 10:36 am to 12:06 pm, Amrit 12:06 pm to 1:36 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:42 am to 12:30 pm.
When does the Moon rise in Madurai on 5 October 2027?
Moonrise is at 10:46 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.