Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
29
Sevvai
Theypirai
Ekadasitill 3.00 am (next day), then Dwadasi
Poorattathitill 2.48 pm, then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamevening 4.51–6.35
Yamagandammorning 10.03–11.46
Kuligaiafternoon 1.27–3.10
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.56 am: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.46–1.27night 9.35–10.51

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 12.50 pm; Vishkambha Yogam runs till 10.25 am Wednesday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

11.46 am–1.27 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam and Vishkambha Yogam also run
1.01–1.54 pm; Kuligai and Vishkambha Yogam also run

Avoid

9.22–10.17 am
10.03–11.46 am
1.27–3.10 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.51–6.35 pm
11.59 pm–1.32 am, in the evening
12.24–1.07 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 8.56 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 8.56 am, until Thursday 12.05 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.39 am
Sunset8.16 pm
Moonrise4.16 am (next day)
Moonset3.57 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Ekadasi, till 3.00 am (next day) 50–56 nazhigaiDwadasi
Poorattathi, till 2.48 pm 20–23 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 12.50 pm caution 15–28 nazhigaiVishkambha Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 3.48 pm 22–53 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 3.00 am (next day) 50–56 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Austin

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.16–5.57 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.52–8.26 amA favourable window
9.22–10.17 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.03–11.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.01–1.54 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.27–3.10 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.51–6.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.59 pm–1.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.24–1.07 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.39
Labam18.21
Dhanam210.04
Sugam311.46
Soram1.27
Uthi43.10
Visham4.51
Amirtham56.35

Night

Soram8.16
Uthi9.34
Visham10.51
Amirtham612.10
Rogam1.27
Labam2.45
Dhanam4.03
Sugam5.21

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 2.48 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
Mesha6.39 am6.51 am
Vrishabha6.51 am8.46 am
Mithuna8.46 am11.01 am
Kataka11.01 am1.23 pm
Simha1.23 pm3.42 pm
Kanya3.42 pm6.00 pm
Tula6.00 pm8.21 pm
Vrischika8.21 pm10.40 pm
Dhanu10.40 pm12.44 am
Makara12.44 am2.25 am
Kumbha2.25 am3.51 am
Meena3.51 am5.14 am
Mesha5.14 am6.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.39
Suriya7.47
Sukran8.55
Budhan10.03
Chandra11.11
Sani12.19
Guru1.27
Sevvai2.36
Suriya3.44
Sukran4.52
Budhan6.00
Chandra7.08

Night

Sani8.16
Guru9.08
Sevvai10.00
Suriya10.52
Sukran11.44
Budhan12.35
Chandra1.27
Sani2.19
Guru3.11
Sevvai4.03
Suriya4.54
Sukran5.46

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until 8.56 am

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