Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
5
Sunday
Visvavasu
Panguni
23
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 22 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 2.41 am (next day), then Panchami
Visakamtill 12.38 pm, then Anusham
Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalamevening 6.37–8.17
Yamagandamafternoon 1.39–3.19
Kuligaievening 4.57–6.38
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.02–8.41evening 8.17–9.36

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, 7.02 am to 1.39 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

7.02 am–1.39 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.02–8.41 am, inside the clear stretch
1.13–2.05 pm; Yamagandam also runs
3.19–4.57 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

1.39–3.19 pm
4.57–6.38 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.06–6.54 pm
6.30–7.24 pm
6.37–8.17 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 6.25 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise7.02 am
Sunset8.16 pm
Moonrise1.17 am (next day)
Moonset7.46 am
SunMeena Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi, from 5.58 am

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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)
Chaturthi, till 2.41 am (next day) 49–11 nazhigaiPanchami
Visakam, till 12.38 pm 14–00 nazhigaiAnusham
Siddhi Yogam, till 3.55 am (next day) 52–17 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 1.34 pm 16–19 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 2.41 am (next day) 49–11 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.37–6.19 amPrayer, meditation, study
1.13–2.05 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.39–3.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.57–6.38 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.06–6.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.30–7.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.37–8.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.50–5.36 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi7.02
Amirtham8.42
Rogam10.20
Labam12.01
Dhanam11.40
Sugam3.19
Soram4.57
Visham6.37

Night

Dhanam28.16
Sugam9.37
Soram10.57
Visham12.17
Uthi1.39
Amirtham2.59
Rogam4.19
Labam5.40

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 12.38 pm, computed)

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
Meena7.02 am7.23 am
Mesha7.23 am8.28 am
Vrishabha8.28 am10.06 am
Mithuna10.06 am12.29 pm
Kataka12.29 pm3.17 pm
Simha3.17 pm6.07 pm
Kanya6.07 pm8.56 pm
Tula8.56 pm11.45 pm
Vrischika11.45 pm2.21 am
Dhanu2.21 am4.17 am
Makara4.17 am5.32 am
Kumbha5.32 am6.27 am
Meena6.27 am7.00 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.02
Sukran8.09
Budhan9.15
Chandra10.21
Sani11.27
Guru12.33
Sevvai1.39
Suriya2.46
Sukran3.52
Budhan4.58
Chandra6.04
Sani7.10

Night

Guru8.16
Sevvai9.10
Suriya10.04
Sukran10.57
Budhan11.51
Chandra12.45
Sani1.38
Guru2.32
Sevvai3.26
Suriya4.19
Sukran5.13
Budhan6.07

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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