Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
17
Tuesday
Visvavasu
Panguni
3
Sevvai
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 9.24 am, then Chaturdasi
Avittamtill 6.22 am, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.10–4.41
Yamagandammorning 9.09–10.40
Kuligaiafternoon 12.09–1.41
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.41–6.11night 7.41–9.10

Computed for Ayodhya. 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, 6.09 am to 8.33 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.00 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Ayodhya

Computed for Ayodhya, 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

6.09–8.33 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.46 am–12.33 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
4.41–6.11 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

8.33–9.22 am
9.09–10.40 am
12.09–1.41 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.30–3.06 pm
3.10–4.41 pm
10.57–11.46 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 11.37 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.09 am
Sunset6.11 pm
Moonrise5.35 am (next day)
Moonset4.31 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

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

Wednesday 18 March: Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Ayodhya 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)
Trayodasi, till 9.24 am 8–08 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Avittam, till 6.22 am 0–35 nazhigai
Sathayam, till 6.09 am (next day) 60–04 nazhigai		Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, till 8.15 am 5–17 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 9.24 am 8–08 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.00 pm caution 37–09 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.33–5.20 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.33–9.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.09–10.40 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 am–12.33 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.09–1.41 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.30–3.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.10–4.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.57–11.46 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.02 pm–12.36 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.09
Labam17.39
Dhanam29.10
Sugam310.40
Soram12.09
Uthi41.41
Visham3.10
Amirtham54.41

Night

Soram6.11
Uthi7.41
Visham9.10
Amirtham610.40
Rogam12.09
Labam1.39
Dhanam3.09
Sugam4.38

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 6.22 am, computed)

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

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena6.09 am7.33 am
Mesha7.33 am9.10 am
Vrishabha9.10 am11.07 am
Mithuna11.07 am1.21 pm
Kataka1.21 pm3.40 pm
Simha3.40 pm5.55 pm
Kanya5.55 pm8.09 pm
Tula8.09 pm10.27 pm
Vrischika10.27 pm12.45 am
Dhanu12.45 am2.49 am
Makara2.49 am4.33 am
Kumbha4.33 am6.02 am
Meena6.02 am6.07 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.09
Suriya7.09
Sukran8.09
Budhan9.09
Chandra10.09
Sani11.10
Guru12.10
Sevvai1.10
Suriya2.10
Sukran3.10
Budhan4.11
Chandra5.11

Night

Sani6.11
Guru7.11
Sevvai8.10
Suriya9.10
Sukran10.10
Budhan11.10
Chandra12.09
Sani1.09
Guru2.09
Sevvai3.08
Suriya4.08
Sukran5.08

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Wednesday 11.37 pm

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