May 2026

Thursday

Parabhava

Vaikasi

Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Chithirai 31 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Theypirai

Trayodasitill 9.02 pm, then Chaturdasi

Revathitill 11.04 am, then Ashwini

Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.29–5.27

Yamagandammorning 5.47–7.44

Kuligaimorning 9.40–11.37

ChandrashtamamUntil 11.05 am: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters

SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 7.44–9.40evening 9.19–10.22

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, 11.37 am to 3.29 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.25 am Friday.

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

11.37 am–3.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

7.44–9.40 amClear of every caution

7.44–9.40 am, inside the clear stretch

1.03–2.04 pm

5.27–9.01 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.47–7.44 am

9.40–11.37 am, what begins now is said to repeat

3.29–5.27 pm

5.08–6.35 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until 11.05 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 11.05 am, until Saturday 11.17 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.47 am

Sunset9.19 pm

Moonrise4.45 am (next day)

Moonset6.57 pm

SunMesha Rasi

MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Viyazhan (Thursday)
	Trayodasi, till 9.02 pm 38–09 nazhigai	Chaturdasi
	Revathi, till 11.04 am 13–13 nazhigai	Ashwini
	Priti Yogam, till 6.24 am 1–31 nazhigai Ayushman Yogam, till 2.51 am (next day) 52–44 nazhigai	Saubhagya Yogam
	Gara Karanam, till 10.31 am 11–50 nazhigai Vanija Karanam, till 9.02 pm 38–09 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.40–5.13 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	5.47–7.44 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	8.51–10.19 am 2.15–3.41 am	A favourable window
	9.40–11.37 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	1.03–2.04 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	3.29–5.27 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	5.08–6.35 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam¹5.47

Sugam7.44

Soram9.40

Uthi11.37

Amirtham1.34

Visham3.29

Rogam5.26

Labam²7.23

Night

Amirtham9.19

Visham10.22

Rogam11.25

Labam12.30

Dhanam1.33

Sugam2.36

Soram3.39

Uthi³4.43

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Revatī (Aśvinī from 11.04 am, 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 sign	From	To
Mesha	5.47 am	5.55 am
Vrishabha	5.55 am	7.33 am
Mithuna	7.33 am	9.56 am
Kataka	9.56 am	12.44 pm
Simha	12.44 pm	3.33 pm
Kanya	3.33 pm	6.22 pm
Tula	6.22 pm	9.12 pm
Vrischika	9.12 pm	11.48 pm
Dhanu	11.48 pm	1.44 am
Makara	1.44 am	2.59 am
Kumbha	2.59 am	3.54 am
Meena	3.54 am	4.46 am
Mesha	4.46 am	5.46 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.47

Sevvai7.05

Suriya8.22

Sukran9.40

Budhan10.58

Chandra12.15

Sani1.33

Guru2.51

Sevvai4.08

Suriya5.26

Sukran6.44

Budhan8.01

Night

Chandra9.19

Sani10.01

Guru10.43

Sevvai11.26

Suriya12.08

Sukran12.50

Budhan1.32

Chandra2.15

Sani2.57

Guru3.39

Sevvai4.21

Suriya5.03

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

Also

	South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
	In force all day, until 11.05 am