Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
15
Thursday
Plavanga
Chithirai
1
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 32 on this day. Here Chithirai began on Thursday 15 April.

Valarpirai
Navamitill 7.51 pm, then Dasami
Poosamtill 4.04 pm, then Ayilyam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.44–3.09
Yamagandammorning 6.46–8.10
Kuligaimorning 9.33–10.58
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.10–9.33evening 5.56–7.32

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, 10.58 am to 1.44 pm is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 12.09 pm Friday.

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

10.58 am–1.44 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.10–9.33 amClear of every caution
8.10–9.33 am, inside the clear stretch
11.59 am–12.43 pm

Avoid

6.46–8.10 am
9.33–10.58 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.44–3.09 pm
4.11–5.43 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 2.49 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.46 am
Sunset5.56 pm
Moonrise2.43 pm
Moonset1.07 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Navami, till 7.51 pm 32–43 nazhigaiDasami
Poosam, till 4.04 pm 23–15 nazhigaiAyilyam
Dhriti Yogam, till 2.53 pm 20–18 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 8.52 am 5–17 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 7.51 pm 32–43 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.04–5.54 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.46–8.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.33–10.58 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.01–11.31 amA favourable window
11.59 am–12.43 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.44–3.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.11–5.43 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.46
Sugam8.10
Soram9.33
Uthi10.58
Amirtham12.21
Visham1.44
Rogam3.08
Labam24.33

Night

Amirtham5.56
Visham7.32
Rogam9.08
Labam10.46
Dhanam12.22
Sugam1.58
Soram3.33
Uthi35.11

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Guru Vāsara · Puṣya (Āśleṣā from 4.04 pm, computed)

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

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena6.46 am6.48 am
Mesha6.48 am9.16 am
Vrishabha9.16 am11.40 am
Mithuna11.40 am1.41 pm
Kataka1.41 pm3.16 pm
Simha3.16 pm4.34 pm
Kanya4.34 pm5.50 pm
Tula5.50 pm7.16 pm
Vrischika7.16 pm9.07 pm
Dhanu9.07 pm11.24 pm
Makara11.24 pm1.52 am
Kumbha1.52 am4.19 am
Meena4.19 am6.44 am
Mesha6.44 am6.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.46
Sevvai7.42
Suriya8.37
Sukran9.33
Budhan10.29
Chandra11.25
Sani12.21
Guru1.17
Sevvai2.13
Suriya3.09
Sukran4.04
Budhan5.00

Night

Chandra5.56
Sani7.00
Guru8.05
Sevvai9.09
Suriya10.13
Sukran11.17
Budhan12.21
Chandra1.26
Sani2.30
Guru3.34
Sevvai4.38
Suriya5.42

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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