Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
12
Sunday
Visvavasu
Panguni
30
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 29 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Dasamitill 1.47 pm, then Ekadasi
Avittamtill 4.34 am (next day), then Sathayam
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.45–8.28
Yamagandamafternoon 1.37–3.21
Kuligaievening 5.02–6.46
ChandrashtamamUntil 4.15 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.55–1.37evening 8.28–9.45

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, 3.21 pm to 5.02 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.48 pm.

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

3.21–5.02 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.55 am–1.37 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
1.11–2.04 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

7.52–9.32 am
1.37–3.21 pm
5.02–6.46 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.38–7.34 pm
6.45–8.28 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 4.15 pm

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

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 4.15 pm, until Tuesday 10.08 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

Sunrise6.47 am
Sunset8.28 pm
Moonrise5.29 am (next day)
Moonset2.32 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 13 April: 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Dasami, till 1.47 pm 17–32 nazhigaiEkadasi
Avittam, till 4.34 am (next day) 54–32 nazhigaiSathayam
Shubha Yogam, till 5.47 am (next day) 57–34 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.48 pm caution 17–32 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.49 am (next day) 47–40 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.25–6.05 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.52–9.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.11–2.04 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.37–3.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.02–6.46 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.49–7.27 pmA favourable window
6.38–7.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.45–8.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.47
Amirtham28.30
Rogam10.12
Labam311.55
Dhanam41.38
Sugam3.21
Soram5.02
Visham6.45

Night

Dhanam8.28
Sugam9.46
Soram11.02
Visham12.19
Uthi1.37
Amirtham2.54
Rogam4.10
Labam5.28

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhānu Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā

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
Meena6.47 am6.56 am
Mesha6.56 am8.01 am
Vrishabha8.01 am9.39 am
Mithuna9.39 am12.02 pm
Kataka12.02 pm2.49 pm
Simha2.49 pm5.39 pm
Kanya5.39 pm8.28 pm
Tula8.28 pm11.18 pm
Vrischika11.18 pm1.54 am
Dhanu1.54 am3.49 am
Makara3.49 am5.05 am
Kumbha5.05 am6.00 am
Meena6.00 am6.45 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.47
Sukran7.56
Budhan9.04
Chandra10.12
Sani11.21
Guru12.29
Sevvai1.37
Suriya2.46
Sukran3.54
Budhan5.03
Chandra6.11
Sani7.19

Night

Guru8.28
Sevvai9.19
Suriya10.11
Sukran11.02
Budhan11.54
Chandra12.45
Sani1.36
Guru2.28
Sevvai3.19
Suriya4.11
Sukran5.02
Budhan5.54

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force from 4.14 pm, until Sunday 10.08 pm

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