Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
27
Friday
Visvavasu
Panguni
14
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 13 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 9.16 pm, then Ekadasi
Poosamtill 3.20 am (next day), then Ayilyam
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.07–1.43
Yamagandamevening 4.51–6.27
Kuligaimorning 8.57–10.33
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.22–8.57night 9.27–10.51

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, 1.43 pm to 4.51 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 10.41 am.

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

1.43–4.51 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.22–8.57 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
10.41–11.43 amClear of every caution
1.17–2.07 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
6.27–8.02 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.57–10.33 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.43 am–1.17 pm
12.07–1.43 pm
4.51–6.27 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.09 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

Sunrise7.22 am
Sunset8.02 pm
Moonrise1.45 pm
Moonset5.50 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 28 March: Ekadasi.

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
Velli (Friday)
Dasami, till 9.16 pm 34–48 nazhigaiEkadasi
Poosam, till 3.20 am (next day) 49–59 nazhigaiAyilyam
Atiganda Yogam, till 10.41 am caution 8–15 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 9.54 am 6–20 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 9.16 pm 34–48 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.52–6.36 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.57–10.33 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.43 am–1.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.07–1.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.17–2.07 pmWidely used for beginnings
4.51–6.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.06–10.39 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam17.22
Soram8.57
Uthi210.33
Visham12.07
Amirtham1.43
Rogam3.16
Labam34.52
Dhanam6.27

Night

Rogam8.02
Labam9.27
Dhanam10.52
Sugam12.17
Soram1.40
Uthi3.06
Visham4.30
Amirtham5.56

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Puṣya

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 signFromTo
Meena7.22 am7.59 am
Mesha7.59 am9.04 am
Vrishabha9.04 am10.42 am
Mithuna10.42 am1.05 pm
Kataka1.05 pm3.52 pm
Simha3.52 pm6.42 pm
Kanya6.42 pm9.31 pm
Tula9.31 pm12.21 am
Vrischika12.21 am2.57 am
Dhanu2.57 am4.52 am
Makara4.52 am6.08 am
Kumbha6.08 am7.03 am
Meena7.03 am7.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.22
Budhan8.26
Chandra9.29
Sani10.32
Guru11.36
Sevvai12.39
Suriya1.42
Sukran2.45
Budhan3.49
Chandra4.52
Sani5.55
Guru6.58

Night

Sevvai8.02
Suriya8.58
Sukran9.55
Budhan10.51
Chandra11.48
Sani12.44
Guru1.41
Sevvai2.37
Suriya3.34
Sukran4.31
Budhan5.27
Chandra6.24

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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