Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
15
Sunday
Visvavasu
Panguni
2
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 1 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Dwadasitill 10.11 pm, then Trayodasi
Thiruvonamtill 6.26 pm, then Avittam
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.12–7.42
Yamagandamafternoon 1.45–3.15
Kuligaievening 4.43–6.13
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.45 am (next day): Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.49–9.18evening 7.42–9.12

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (MDT). 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, 7.49 am to 1.45 pm is the best of the day.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Calgary

Computed for Calgary, 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

7.49 am–1.45 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.49–9.18 am, inside the clear stretch
1.22–2.09 pm; Yamagandam also runs
3.15–4.43 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

1.45–3.15 pm
4.43–6.13 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.06–6.55 pm
6.12–7.42 pm
10.30 pm–12.09 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 6.45 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 6.45 am, until Wednesday 12.07 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise7.49 am
Sunset7.42 pm
Moonrise7.10 am (next day)
Moonset3.37 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 16 March: Pradosham and Masa Sivaratri.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Dwadasi, till 10.11 pm 35–58 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Thiruvonam, till 6.26 pm 26–35 nazhigaiAvittam
Shiva Yogam, till 10.07 pm 35–47 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 10.04 am 5–38 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 10.11 pm 35–58 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.13–7.00 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.34–9.13 amA favourable window
1.22–2.09 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.45–3.15 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.43–6.13 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.06–6.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.12–7.42 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.30 pm–12.09 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi7.49
Amirtham9.19
Rogam10.47
Labam12.17
Dhanam11.46
Sugam3.15
Soram4.43
Visham6.12

Night

Dhanam7.42
Sugam29.13
Soram10.43
Visham12.13
Uthi1.45
Amirtham3.16
Rogam4.45
Labam6.17

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 6.26 pm, computed)

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

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha7.49 am7.54 am
Meena7.54 am8.46 am
Mesha8.46 am9.51 am
Vrishabha9.51 am11.29 am
Mithuna11.29 am1.52 pm
Kataka1.52 pm4.39 pm
Simha4.39 pm7.29 pm
Kanya7.29 pm10.18 pm
Tula10.18 pm1.08 am
Vrischika1.08 am3.44 am
Dhanu3.44 am5.40 am
Makara5.40 am6.55 am
Kumbha6.55 am7.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.49
Sukran8.49
Budhan9.48
Chandra10.47
Sani11.47
Guru12.46
Sevvai1.46
Suriya2.45
Sukran3.44
Budhan4.44
Chandra5.43
Sani6.42

Night

Guru7.42
Sevvai8.42
Suriya9.43
Sukran10.43
Budhan11.44
Chandra12.44
Sani1.44
Guru2.45
Sevvai3.45
Suriya4.46
Sukran5.46
Budhan6.47

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force from 6.44 am, until Monday 12.07 pm

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