Shastra Panchangam

Trichy, Thursday, 18 March 2027

Thursday 18 March 2027 · Panguni 4

Rahu Kalam1:54 pm – 3:25 pm
Yamagandam6:21 am – 7:51 am
Gulikai9:22 am – 10:53 am
Nalla Neram10:45 am – 11:45 am, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
TithiShukla Ekadashi until 1:52 am Friday

Sunrise 6:21 am, sunset 6:26 pm. The panchangam day starts at sunrise, so the times after midnight below belong to Thursday until sunrise on Friday.

Panchangam details

Tithi · Shukla Ekadashi

until 1:52 am Friday

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

Nakshatra · Pushya

until 3:21 am Friday

The Moon's star at sunrise, one of 27. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in when you were born.

Yoga · Atiganda

until 2:35 am Friday

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 3:08 pm; then Vishti until 1:52 am Friday

Half a tithi. Vishti, called Bhadra Karanam, is avoided for new beginnings.

Bhadra Karanam runs from 3:08 pm to 1:52 am Friday. Important work is usually started after it ends.

Daylight periods

Rahu Kalam

1:54 pm – 3:25 pm

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

Yamagandam

6:21 am – 7:51 am

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

Gulikai

9:22 am – 10:53 am

Avoided for new beginnings in most households.

Nalla Neram

10:45 am – 11:45 am
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

These are the fixed times Tamil daily calendars print for a Thursday, 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 Thursday the day starts with Shubh.

Day
6:21 am – 7:51 amShubhgood
7:51 am – 9:22 amRogavoid
9:22 am – 10:53 amUdvegavoid
10:53 am – 12:23 pmCharneutral
12:23 pm – 1:54 pmLabhgood
1:54 pm – 3:25 pmAmritavoid · Rahu Kalam
3:25 pm – 4:55 pmKaalavoid
4:55 pm – 6:26 pmShubhgood
Night
6:26 pm – 7:55 pmAmritgood
7:55 pm – 9:25 pmCharneutral
9:25 pm – 10:54 pmRogavoid
10:54 pm – 12:23 amKaalavoid
12:23 am – 1:52 amLabhgood
1:52 am – 3:22 amUdvegavoid
3:22 am – 4:51 amShubhgood
4:51 am – 6:20 amAmritgood

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

Abhijit Muhurta

11:59 am – 12:48 pm. The muhurta around solar noon, a good time to begin most things.

The Moon

Moonrise 2:44 pm, moonset 3:35 am Friday.

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: Jupiter on a Thursday.

6:21 am – 7:21 amJupiter
7:21 am – 8:22 amMars
8:22 am – 9:22 amSun
9:22 am – 10:23 amVenus
10:23 am – 11:23 amMercury
11:23 am – 12:23 pmMoon
12:23 pm – 1:24 pmSaturn
1:24 pm – 2:24 pmJupiter
2:24 pm – 3:25 pmMars
3:25 pm – 4:25 pmSun
4:25 pm – 5:26 pmVenus
5:26 pm – 6:26 pmMercury
6:26 pm – 7:26 pmMoon
7:26 pm – 8:25 pmSaturn
8:25 pm – 9:25 pmJupiter
9:25 pm – 10:24 pmMars
10:24 pm – 11:24 pmSun
11:24 pm – 12:23 amVenus
12:23 am – 1:23 amMercury
1:23 am – 2:22 amMoon
2:22 am – 3:22 amSaturn
3:22 am – 4:21 amJupiter
4:21 am – 5:21 amMars
5:21 am – 6:20 amSun

About this day

Daylight lasts 12 hours and 5 minutes, so each eighth of the day, the length of Rahu Kalam, is about 91 minutes.

Between this sunrise and the next: karana at 3:08 pm, tithi and karana at 1:52 am Friday, yoga at 2:35 am Friday, nakshatra at 3:21 am Friday.

On a Thursday, Rahu Kalam is the sixth of the eight parts of daylight, from 1:54 pm in Trichy.

Questions

What is the tithi in Trichy on 18 March 2027?

Shukla Ekadashi, until 1:52 am Friday. A day takes the tithi running at its sunrise (6:21 am in Trichy).

When is Rahu Kalam in Trichy on 18 March 2027?

1:54 pm to 3:25 pm, the sixth of the eight parts of daylight on a Thursday. Yamagandam runs 6:21 am to 7:51 am and Gulikai 9:22 am to 10:53 am.

Which choghadiya periods are good in Trichy on 18 March 2027?

During daylight: Shubh 6:21 am to 7:51 am, Labh 12:23 pm to 1:54 pm, Shubh 4:55 pm to 6:26 pm. Abhijit Muhurta is 11:59 am to 12:48 pm.

When does the Moon rise in Trichy on 18 March 2027?

Moonrise is at 2:44 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.