Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
29
Wednesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
16
Budhan
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 9.22 am, then Chaturdasi
Hasthamtill 1.47 pm, then Chithirai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.28–3.09
Yamagandammorning 8.29–10.09
Kuligaimorning 11.48–1.29
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.45 am (next day): Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.49–8.29evening 8.08–9.27

Computed for Austin, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 6.49 am to 8.29 am is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 10.26 am Thursday.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Austin

Computed for Austin, 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

6.49–8.29 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.49–8.29 am, inside the clear stretch
10.09–10.21 amShort clear window

Avoid

8.29–10.09 am
11.48 am–1.29 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.01–1.56 pm
1.28–3.09 pm
10.26 pm–12.11 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 2.45 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 2.45 am, until Saturday 2.01 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.49 am
Sunset8.08 pm
Moonrise6.39 pm
Moonset5.51 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 30 April: Pournami.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Austin 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Trayodasi, till 9.22 am 6–23 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Hastham, till 1.47 pm 17–24 nazhigaiChithirai
Harshana Yogam, till 10.22 am 8–51 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 9.22 am 6–23 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 10.00 pm 37–59 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Austin

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.24–6.06 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.22–9.04 amA favourable window
8.29–10.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.48 am–1.29 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.01–1.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.28–3.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.26 pm–12.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam6.49
Dhanam18.30
Sugam210.09
Soram11.48
Visham1.28
Uthi33.09
Amirtham44.49
Rogam6.27

Night

Uthi8.08
Amirtham59.28
Rogam10.47
Labam612.08
Dhanam1.29
Sugam2.49
Soram4.08
Visham5.28

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Vajra Yogam; 3 Vajra Yogam; 4 Vajra Yogam; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 1.47 pm, computed)

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
Mesha6.49 am7.43 am
Vrishabha7.43 am9.37 am
Mithuna9.37 am11.52 am
Kataka11.52 am2.14 pm
Simha2.14 pm4.33 pm
Kanya4.33 pm6.51 pm
Tula6.51 pm9.12 pm
Vrischika9.12 pm11.32 pm
Dhanu11.32 pm1.35 am
Makara1.35 am3.16 am
Kumbha3.16 am4.42 am
Meena4.42 am6.05 am
Mesha6.05 am6.48 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.49
Chandra7.56
Sani9.02
Guru10.09
Sevvai11.15
Suriya12.22
Sukran1.28
Budhan2.35
Chandra3.42
Sani4.48
Guru5.55
Sevvai7.01

Night

Suriya8.08
Sukran9.01
Budhan9.55
Chandra10.48
Sani11.41
Guru12.35
Sevvai1.28
Suriya2.21
Sukran3.15
Budhan4.08
Chandra5.02
Sani5.55

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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