Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Chithirai
18, Pournami
Velli
Valarpirai
Pournamitill 10.53 pm, then Prathamai
Swathitill 4.35 am (next day), then Visakam
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 10.19–11.59
Yamagandamafternoon 3.16–4.56
Kuligaimorning 7.01–8.41
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.23–7.01night 7.55–9.15

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, 11.59 am to 3.16 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.01 am.

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

11.59 am–3.16 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.23–7.01 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
10.11–10.19 amShort clear window
11.33 am–12.24 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.56–6.34 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.01–8.41 am, what begins now is said to repeat
8.25–10.11 am
10.19–11.59 am
3.16–4.56 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.31 am

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

Sunrise5.23 am
Sunset6.34 pm
Moonrise6.28 pm
Moonset5.16 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

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
Velli (Friday)
Pournami, till 10.53 pm 43–47 nazhigaiPrathamai
Swathi, till 4.35 am (next day) 58–03 nazhigaiVisakam
Siddhi Yogam, till 9.13 pm 39–37 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.01 am caution 11–35 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 10.53 pm 43–47 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.57–4.39 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.01–8.41 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
8.25–10.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.19–11.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.16–4.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.57–8.41 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.23
Soram7.01
Uthi28.41
Visham10.19
Amirtham11.59
Rogam1.37
Labam33.17
Dhanam4.56

Night

Rogam6.34
Labam7.55
Dhanam9.16
Sugam10.38
Soram11.58
Uthi1.20
Visham2.40
Amirtham4.02

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Svātī

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
Mesha5.23 am6.13 am
Vrishabha6.13 am8.10 am
Mithuna8.10 am10.24 am
Kataka10.24 am12.43 pm
Simha12.43 pm2.58 pm
Kanya2.58 pm5.12 pm
Tula5.12 pm7.30 pm
Vrischika7.30 pm9.48 pm
Dhanu9.48 pm11.52 pm
Makara11.52 pm1.36 am
Kumbha1.36 am3.05 am
Meena3.05 am4.32 am
Mesha4.32 am5.22 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.23
Budhan6.29
Chandra7.35
Sani8.41
Guru9.47
Sevvai10.53
Suriya11.58
Sukran1.04
Budhan2.10
Chandra3.16
Sani4.22
Guru5.28

Night

Sevvai6.34
Suriya7.28
Sukran8.22
Budhan9.16
Chandra10.10
Sani11.04
Guru11.58
Sevvai12.52
Suriya1.46
Sukran2.40
Budhan3.34
Chandra4.28

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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