Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
21
Wednesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
8
Budhan
Theypirai
Prathamaitill 11.01 pm, then Dwitiyai
Swathitill 12.14 am (next day), then Visakam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.06–2.55
Yamagandammorning 7.44–9.33
Kuligaimorning 11.19–1.07
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.42–6.29evening 8.17–9.28

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, 2.55 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 11.41 am.

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

2.55–8.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
4.42–6.29 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.38–7.16 am, from before sunrise
7.44–9.33 am
11.19 am–1.07 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.38–1.36 pm
1.06–2.55 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 6.48 pm

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

Sunrise5.57 am
Sunset8.17 pm
Moonrise9.48 pm
Moonset5.47 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonTula 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Prathamai, till 11.01 pm 42–42 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Swathi, till 12.14 am (next day) 45–47 nazhigaiVisakam
Vajra Yogam, till 11.41 am caution 14–19 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 11.10 am 13–03 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.01 pm 42–42 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.18 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.38–7.16 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.44–9.33 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.19 am–1.07 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.38–1.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.06–2.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.21–4.57 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.57
Dhanam27.45
Sugam39.33
Soram11.19
Visham1.06
Uthi2.55
Amirtham4.42
Rogam6.29

Night

Uthi8.17
Amirtham9.29
Rogam10.41
Labam11.54
Dhanam1.06
Sugam2.19
Soram3.30
Visham4.42

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Saumya Vāsara · Svātī

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
Mesha5.57 am6.53 am
Vrishabha6.53 am8.29 am
Mithuna8.29 am10.53 am
Kataka10.53 am1.44 pm
Simha1.44 pm4.37 pm
Kanya4.37 pm7.29 pm
Tula7.29 pm10.22 pm
Vrischika10.22 pm1.00 am
Dhanu1.00 am2.54 am
Makara2.54 am4.06 am
Kumbha4.06 am4.58 am
Meena4.58 am5.47 am
Mesha5.47 am5.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.57
Chandra7.09
Sani8.20
Guru9.32
Sevvai10.44
Suriya11.55
Sukran1.07
Budhan2.19
Chandra3.30
Sani4.42
Guru5.53
Sevvai7.05

Night

Suriya8.17
Sukran9.05
Budhan9.53
Chandra10.41
Sani11.29
Guru12.18
Sevvai1.06
Suriya1.54
Sukran2.42
Budhan3.30
Chandra4.19
Sani5.07

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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