Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
10
Friday
Visvavasu
Panguni
28
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 27 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.


Theypirai
Ashtamitill 11.46 am, then Navami
Uthiradamtill 2.10 am (next day), then Thiruvonam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.56–1.38
Yamagandamevening 5.01–6.43
Kuligaimorning 8.33–10.15
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.51–8.33night 9.43–11.00

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, 1.38 pm to 5.01 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

1.38–5.01 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.51–8.33 amClear of every caution
6.51–8.33 am, inside the clear stretch
10.27–11.56 amClear of every caution
1.11–2.05 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
6.43–8.25 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.33–10.15 am, what begins now is said to repeat
8.42–10.27 am
11.56 am–1.38 pm
5.01–6.43 pm
6.25–8.09 am, early Saturday

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 4.15 pm

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

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise6.51 am
Sunset8.25 pm
Moonrise4.57 am (next day)
Moonset11.57 am
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi, from 6.34 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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)
Ashtami, till 11.46 am 12–18 nazhigaiNavami
Uthiradam, till 2.10 am (next day) 48–21 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Shiva Yogam, till 7.01 am 0–23 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.46 am 12–18 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.32 am (next day) 44–15 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.28–6.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.33–10.15 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
8.42–10.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.56 am–1.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.11–2.05 pmWidely used for beginnings
5.01–6.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.11–8.55 pmA favourable window
6.25–8.09 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam6.51
Soram8.33
Uthi110.15
Visham11.56
Amirtham1.38
Rogam3.19
Labam25.02
Dhanam6.43

Night

Rogam8.25
Labam9.43
Dhanam11.01
Sugam12.19
Soram1.36
Uthi2.55
Visham4.13
Amirtham35.32

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā

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
Meena6.51 am7.04 am
Mesha7.04 am8.09 am
Vrishabha8.09 am9.47 am
Mithuna9.47 am12.10 pm
Kataka12.10 pm2.57 pm
Simha2.57 pm5.47 pm
Kanya5.47 pm8.36 pm
Tula8.36 pm11.26 pm
Vrischika11.26 pm2.02 am
Dhanu2.02 am3.57 am
Makara3.57 am5.12 am
Kumbha5.12 am6.08 am
Meena6.08 am6.49 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.51
Budhan7.59
Chandra9.07
Sani10.15
Guru11.22
Sevvai12.30
Suriya1.38
Sukran2.46
Budhan3.54
Chandra5.01
Sani6.09
Guru7.17

Night

Sevvai8.25
Suriya9.17
Sukran10.09
Budhan11.01
Chandra11.53
Sani12.45
Guru1.37
Sevvai2.29
Suriya3.21
Sukran4.13
Budhan5.05
Chandra5.57

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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