Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
4
Tuesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
21
Sevvai
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 7.01 am, then Chaturdasi
Revathitill 2.45 pm, then Ashwini
Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamevening 4.45–6.36
Yamagandammorning 9.26–11.17
Kuligaiafternoon 1.06–2.56
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.46 pm: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.17–1.06night 9.36–10.45

Computed for Bellevue, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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, 6.36 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.29 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Bellevue

Computed for Bellevue, 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

6.36–8.25 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.47–7.01 amClear of every caution
11.17 am–1.06 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.37–1.35 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.42–9.41 am
9.26–11.17 am
1.06–2.56 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.45–6.36 pm
12.09–12.47 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 2.46 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 2.46 pm, until Thursday 6.26 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.47 am
Sunset8.25 pm
Moonrise4.59 am (next day)
Moonset6.50 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

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

Wednesday 5 May: Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Bellevue 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 7.01 am 3–07 nazhigai
Chaturdasi, till 5.47 am (next day) 60–05 nazhigai		Amavasai
Revathi, till 2.45 pm 22–27 nazhigaiAshwini
Priti Yogam, till 1.45 am (next day) 49–59 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.01 am 3–07 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.29 pm caution 31–48 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 5.47 am (next day) 60–05 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Bellevue

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.32–5.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.42–9.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.26–11.17 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.22–1.57 pmA favourable window
12.37–1.35 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.06–2.56 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.45–6.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.09–12.47 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.47
Labam17.37
Dhanam29.27
Sugam311.17
Soram1.06
Uthi42.56
Visham4.45
Amirtham6.36

Night

Soram8.25
Uthi9.36
Visham10.45
Amirtham511.56
Rogam1.05
Labam2.16
Dhanam3.26
Sugam4.36

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Revatī (Aśvinī from 2.45 pm, computed)

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

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha5.47 am6.20 am
Vrishabha6.20 am8.02 am
Mithuna8.02 am10.23 am
Kataka10.23 am1.04 pm
Simha1.04 pm3.47 pm
Kanya3.47 pm6.30 pm
Tula6.30 pm9.13 pm
Vrischika9.13 pm11.45 pm
Dhanu11.45 pm1.42 am
Makara1.42 am3.03 am
Kumbha3.03 am4.05 am
Meena4.05 am5.04 am
Mesha5.04 am5.45 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.47
Suriya7.00
Sukran8.13
Budhan9.26
Chandra10.40
Sani11.53
Guru1.06
Sevvai2.19
Suriya3.32
Sukran4.46
Budhan5.59
Chandra7.12

Night

Sani8.25
Guru9.12
Sevvai9.59
Suriya10.45
Sukran11.32
Budhan12.19
Chandra1.05
Sani1.52
Guru2.39
Sevvai3.25
Suriya4.12
Sukran4.59

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until 2.46 pm

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