Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Wednesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
30
Budhan
Theypirai
Dwadasitill 12.51 am (next day), then Trayodasi
Uthirattathitill 1.48 pm, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.27–3.10
Yamagandammorning 8.20–10.03
Kuligaimorning 11.45–1.28
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.38–8.20evening 8.17–9.34

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, 3.10 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 10.25 am.

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

3.10–8.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.38–8.20 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
10.25–11.45 amClear of every caution

Avoid

8.20–10.03 am
11.45 am–1.28 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.00–1.55 pm
1.27–3.10 pm
12.55–2.25 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise6.38 am
Sunset8.17 pm
Moonrise4.49 am (next day)
Moonset5.00 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 14 May: Pradosham and Masa Sivaratri.

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)
Dwadasi, till 12.51 am (next day) 45–34 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Uthirattathi, till 1.48 pm 17–55 nazhigaiRevathi
Vishkambha Yogam, till 10.25 am caution 9–27 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 2.01 pm 18–28 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.51 am (next day) 45–34 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Austin

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.16–5.56 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.20–10.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.12–10.43 amA favourable window
11.45 am–1.28 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.00–1.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.27–3.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.55–2.25 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.38
Dhanam28.21
Sugam310.03
Soram11.45
Visham1.27
Uthi3.10
Amirtham4.53
Rogam6.34

Night

Uthi8.17
Amirtham9.35
Rogam10.52
Labam412.10
Dhanam51.28
Sugam2.45
Soram4.02
Visham5.19

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā (Revatī from 1.48 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
Mesha6.38 am6.47 am
Vrishabha6.47 am8.42 am
Mithuna8.42 am10.57 am
Kataka10.57 am1.19 pm
Simha1.19 pm3.38 pm
Kanya3.38 pm5.56 pm
Tula5.56 pm8.17 pm
Vrischika8.17 pm10.36 pm
Dhanu10.36 pm12.40 am
Makara12.40 am2.21 am
Kumbha2.21 am3.47 am
Meena3.47 am5.10 am
Mesha5.10 am6.37 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.38
Chandra7.46
Sani8.55
Guru10.03
Sevvai11.11
Suriya12.19
Sukran1.27
Budhan2.36
Chandra3.44
Sani4.52
Guru6.00
Sevvai7.09

Night

Suriya8.17
Sukran9.09
Budhan10.00
Chandra10.52
Sani11.44
Guru12.35
Sevvai1.27
Suriya2.19
Sukran3.11
Budhan4.02
Chandra4.54
Sani5.46

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 12.05 pm

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