May 2026

Saturday

Parabhava

Vaikasi

16, Pournami

Sani

Valarpirai

Chaturdasitill 11.58 am, then Pournami

Visakamtill 1.21 pm, then Anusham

Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 8.33–10.17

Yamagandamafternoon 1.41–3.25

Kuligaimorning 5.08–6.51

ChandrashtamamUntil 6.39 am: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter

SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 10.17–11.58evening 7.37–8.06

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, 10.17 am to 11.58 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.06 am Sunday.

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

10.17–11.58 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

6.58–8.33 amClear of every caution

10.17–11.58 am, inside the clear stretch

11.32 am–12.26 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

5.08–6.51 am, what begins now is said to repeat

5.08–6.58 am

8.33–10.17 am

1.41–3.25 pm

5.49–7.37 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 6.39 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 6.39 am, until Monday 7.09 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.08 am

Sunset6.50 pm

Moonrise6.15 pm

Moonset4.34 am (next day)

SunVrishabha 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Sani (Saturday)
	Chaturdasi, till 11.58 am 17–07 nazhigai	Pournami
	Visakam, till 1.21 pm 20–32 nazhigai	Anusham
	Shiva Yogam, till 5.25 am (next day) 60–43 nazhigai	Siddha Yogam
	Vanija Karanam, till 11.58 am 17–07 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 1.06 am (next day) caution 49–55 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Ayodhya

Window	Time	Traditional use
	3.34–5.19 am 4.34–6.21 am	A favourable window
	3.46–4.26 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	5.08–6.51 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	5.08–6.58 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	8.33–10.17 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.32 am–12.26 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	1.41–3.25 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	5.49–7.37 pm	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.08

Uthi¹6.51

Visham8.33

Amirtham10.17

Rogam11.58

Labam²1.42

Dhanam³3.25

Sugam⁴5.07

Night

Labam⁵6.50

Dhanam8.07

Sugam9.25

Soram10.41

Uthi11.59

Visham1.15

Amirtham2.34

Soram3.50

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 1.21 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 sign	From	To
Vrishabha	5.08 am	6.16 am
Mithuna	6.16 am	8.30 am
Kataka	8.30 am	10.49 am
Simha	10.49 am	1.04 pm
Kanya	1.04 pm	3.18 pm
Tula	3.18 pm	5.36 pm
Vrischika	5.36 pm	7.54 pm
Dhanu	7.54 pm	9.58 pm
Makara	9.58 pm	11.42 pm
Kumbha	11.42 pm	1.11 am
Meena	1.11 am	2.38 am
Mesha	2.38 am	4.15 am
Vrishabha	4.15 am	5.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.08

Guru6.16

Sevvai7.25

Suriya8.33

Sukran9.42

Budhan10.50

Chandra11.59

Sani1.07

Guru2.16

Sevvai3.24

Suriya4.33

Sukran5.41

Night

Budhan6.50

Chandra7.41

Sani8.33

Guru9.24

Sevvai10.16

Suriya11.07

Sukran11.59

Budhan12.50

Chandra1.42

Sani2.33

Guru3.25

Sevvai4.16

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd