Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
13
Tuesday
Parabhava
Panguni
30
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 12.59 pm, then Ashtami
Thiruvathiraitill 7.43 am, then Punarpoosam
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.35–6.20
Yamagandammorning 9.41–11.26
Kuligaiafternoon 1.08–2.53
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.43 am (next day): Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.26–1.08night 9.19–10.35

Computed for Birmingham, in UK time (BST). 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, 11.26 am to 12.59 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 9.30 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.57 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Birmingham

Computed for Birmingham, 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

11.26 am–12.59 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.26 am–1.08 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.42–1.36 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

9.00–9.56 am
9.41–11.26 am
1.08–2.53 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.35–6.20 pm
7.02–8.34 pm
12.06–12.48 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 12.43 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 12.43 am, until Friday 3.49 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.15 am
Sunset8.03 pm
Moonrise10.30 am
Moonset3.38 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Birmingham 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)
Saptami, till 12.59 pm 16–53 nazhigaiAshtami
Thiruvathirai, till 7.43 am 3–41 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Atiganda Yogam, till 9.30 am caution 8–07 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 12.59 pm 16–53 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.57 pm caution 44–19 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.53–5.33 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.00–9.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.41–11.26 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.42–1.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.08–2.53 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.35–6.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.02–8.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.06–12.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
4.07–5.37 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.15
Labam17.59
Dhanam29.42
Sugam311.26
Soram1.08
Uthi42.53
Visham4.35
Amirtham56.20

Night

Soram8.03
Uthi9.19
Visham10.35
Amirtham611.52
Rogam1.07
Labam2.24
Dhanam3.41
Sugam4.57

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Ārdrā (Punarvasu from 7.43 am, 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
Meena6.15 am6.23 am
Mesha6.23 am7.25 am
Vrishabha7.25 am9.01 am
Mithuna9.01 am11.25 am
Kataka11.25 am2.15 pm
Simha2.15 pm5.08 pm
Kanya5.08 pm8.00 pm
Tula8.00 pm10.53 pm
Vrischika10.53 pm1.31 am
Dhanu1.31 am3.26 am
Makara3.26 am4.38 am
Kumbha4.38 am5.30 am
Meena5.30 am6.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.15
Suriya7.24
Sukran8.33
Budhan9.42
Chandra10.51
Sani12.00
Guru1.09
Sevvai2.18
Suriya3.27
Sukran4.36
Budhan5.45
Chandra6.54

Night

Sani8.03
Guru8.53
Sevvai9.44
Suriya10.35
Sukran11.26
Budhan12.17
Chandra1.08
Sani1.58
Guru2.49
Sevvai3.40
Suriya4.31
Sukran5.22

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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