Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
1
Velli
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 3.02 pm, then Chaturdasi
Ashwinitill 2.45 am (next day), then Bharani
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalammorning 11.00–12.18
Yamagandamafternoon 2.49–4.07
Kuligaimorning 8.27–9.45
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.07–5.23night 7.07–8.50

Computed for Auckland, in New Zealand time (NZST). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 12.18 pm to 2.49 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.25 am Saturday.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Auckland

Computed for Auckland, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

The day at a glance

Gold marks good time, the solid bars mark times to avoid, and hatching marks a caution: denser while two cautions run together. Tap or drag across the chart to read any moment.

Good times

12.18–2.49 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.12–8.27 amClear of every caution
9.45–11.00 amClear of every caution
11.57 am–12.37 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.07–5.23 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

8.27–9.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.00 am–12.18 pm
2.49–4.07 pm
11.08 pm–12.35 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 5.17 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

is a time to go carefully: tradition advises waiting until it ends; many put off new ventures, long journeys and disputes.

Sun and Moon

Sunrise7.12 am
Sunset5.23 pm
Moonrise6.16 am (next day)
Moonset3.44 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi, from 5.04 am

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

Saturday 16 May: Amavasai.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Auckland's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Auckland by modern astronomical calculation (Drik, Lahiri). A caution's start is rounded down and its end up; a good window's start up and its end down. Underlined words open their meaning.

The five limbs

LimbThis dayThen
Velli (Friday)
Trayodasi, till 3.02 pm 19–35 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Ashwini, till 2.45 am (next day) 48–52 nazhigaiBharani
Ayushman Yogam, till 8.51 pm 34–08 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 3.02 pm 19–35 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.25 am (next day) caution 45–32 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.22–6.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.27–9.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.00 am–12.18 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.57 am–12.37 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.49–4.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.15–9.41 pmA favourable window
11.08 pm–12.35 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam7.12
Soram8.27
Uthi9.45
Visham11.00
Amirtham12.18
Rogam1.33
Labam12.50
Dhanam24.07

Night

Rogam5.23
Labam7.07
Dhanam8.51
Sugam310.34
Soram12.17
Uthi2.02
Visham3.44
Amirtham5.29

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Aśvinī

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha7.12 am7.17 am
Vrishabha7.17 am9.41 am
Mithuna9.41 am11.42 am
Kataka11.42 am1.17 pm
Simha1.17 pm2.35 pm
Kanya2.35 pm3.51 pm
Tula3.51 pm5.17 pm
Vrischika5.17 pm7.08 pm
Dhanu7.08 pm9.25 pm
Makara9.25 pm11.53 pm
Kumbha11.53 pm2.20 am
Meena2.20 am4.45 am
Mesha4.45 am7.12 am

The rising sign (udaya lagnam) through the day, computed for Auckland.

Horai

Day

Sukran7.12
Budhan8.02
Chandra8.53
Sani9.44
Guru10.35
Sevvai11.26
Suriya12.17
Sukran1.08
Budhan1.59
Chandra2.50
Sani3.41
Guru4.32

Night

Sevvai5.23
Suriya6.32
Sukran7.41
Budhan8.50
Chandra9.59
Sani11.08
Guru12.18
Sevvai1.27
Suriya2.36
Sukran3.45
Budhan4.54
Chandra6.03

Each horai begins at the time shown and runs to the next.

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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