Shastra Panchangam

Trichy, Tuesday, 16 March 2027

Tuesday 16 March 2027 · Panguni 2

Rahu Kalam3:25 pm – 4:56 pm
Yamagandam9:23 am – 10:53 am
Gulikai12:24 pm – 1:55 pm
Nalla Neram7:45 am – 8:45 am, 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
TithiShukla Ashtami until 8:55 am

Sunrise 6:22 am, sunset 6:26 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Tuesday until sunrise on Wednesday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ashtami

until 8:55 am

The lunar day. Fasts and observances such as ekadashi, pradosham, amavasya and shraddha are fixed by it.

Nakshatra · Mrigashira

until 8:13 am

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 11:51 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 · Bava

until 8:55 am; then Balava until 7:51 pm

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

3:25 pm – 4:56 pm

Not used to start new work; work already under way carries on.

Yamagandam

9:23 am – 10:53 am

Avoided for setting out on a journey or starting something new.

Gulikai

12:24 pm – 1:55 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
6:22 am – 7:52 amRogavoid
7:52 am – 9:23 amUdvegavoid
9:23 am – 10:53 amCharneutral
10:53 am – 12:24 pmLabhgood
12:24 pm – 1:55 pmAmritgood
1:55 pm – 3:25 pmKaalavoid
3:25 pm – 4:56 pmShubhavoid · Rahu Kalam
4:56 pm – 6:26 pmRogavoid
Night
6:26 pm – 7:56 pmKaalavoid
7:56 pm – 9:25 pmLabhgood
9:25 pm – 10:54 pmUdvegavoid
10:54 pm – 12:24 amShubhgood
12:24 am – 1:53 amAmritgood
1:53 am – 3:23 amCharneutral
3:23 am – 4:52 amRogavoid
4:52 am – 6:21 amKaalavoid

Amrit, Shubh and Labh are good for beginnings; Char suits a journey. Udveg, Kaal and Rog are avoided for starting something new.

Abhijit Muhurta

12:00 pm – 12:48 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 12:38 pm, moonset 1:46 am Wednesday.

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.

6:22 am – 7:22 amMars
7:22 am – 8:23 amSun
8:23 am – 9:23 amVenus
9:23 am – 10:23 amMercury
10:23 am – 11:24 amMoon
11:24 am – 12:24 pmSaturn
12:24 pm – 1:24 pmJupiter
1:24 pm – 2:25 pmMars
2:25 pm – 3:25 pmSun
3:25 pm – 4:25 pmVenus
4:25 pm – 5:26 pmMercury
5:26 pm – 6:26 pmMoon
6:26 pm – 7:26 pmSaturn
7:26 pm – 8:25 pmJupiter
8:25 pm – 9:25 pmMars
9:25 pm – 10:25 pmSun
10:25 pm – 11:24 pmVenus
11:24 pm – 12:24 amMercury
12:24 am – 1:23 amMoon
1:23 am – 2:23 amSaturn
2:23 am – 3:23 amJupiter
3:23 am – 4:22 amMars
4:22 am – 5:22 amSun
5:22 am – 6:21 amVenus

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 4 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 90 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: nakshatra at 8:13 am, tithi and karana at 8:55 am, yoga at 11:51 am, karana at 7:51 pm.

On a Tuesday, Rahu Kalam is the seventh of the eight parts of daylight, from 3:25 pm in Trichy.

Questions

What is the tithi in Trichy on 16 March 2027?

Shukla Ashtami, until 8:55 am. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:22 am in Trichy).

When is Rahu Kalam in Trichy on 16 March 2027?

3:25 pm to 4:56 pm, the seventh of the eight parts of daylight on a Tuesday. Yamagandam runs 9:23 am to 10:53 am and Gulikai 12:24 pm to 1:55 pm.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Trichy on 16 March 2027?

During daylight: Labh 10:53 am to 12:24 pm, Amrit 12:24 pm to 1:55 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 12:00 pm to 12:48 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Trichy on 16 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 12:38 pm.

Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulikai · how each value is calculated · why the day starts at sunrise

How this was computed
Calculated for Trichy (10.7905°N, 78.7047°E) by the Drik method, Lahiri ayanamsha.