Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
16
Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
3, Amavasai
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 2 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.


Theypirai
Amavasaitill 2.01 pm, then Prathamai
Bharanitill 6.01 am, then Karthigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalammorning 9.38–11.36
Yamagandamafternoon 3.30–5.28
Kuligaimorning 5.44–7.42
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.17 am: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.36–1.33evening 9.22–10.24

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, 11.36 am to 3.30 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 2.30 pm Sunday.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
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

11.36 am–3.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.50–9.38 amClear of every caution
11.36 am–1.33 pm, inside the clear stretch
1.02–2.04 pm
5.56–6.45 pmShort clear window

Avoid

5.44–7.42 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.44–7.50 am
9.38–11.36 am
3.30–5.28 pm
4.31–5.56 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 11.17 am

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

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 11.17 am, until Monday 10.35 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise5.44 am
Sunset9.22 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Sunday
Moonset10.02 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Amavasai, till 2.01 pm 20–43 nazhigaiPrathamai
Bharani, till 6.01 am 0–41 nazhigai
Karthigai, till 3.02 am (next day) 53–18 nazhigai
Rohini
Shobhana Yogam, till 6.46 pm 32–35 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 2.01 pm 20–43 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 12.07 am (next day) 45–59 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.38–5.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.44–7.42 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.44–7.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.38–11.36 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.02–2.04 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.30–5.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.31–5.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.57–2.20 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.44
Uthi17.42
Visham9.38
Amirtham11.36
Rogam1.33
Labam23.31
Dhanam35.28
Sugam47.25

Night

Labam9.22
Dhanam10.25
Sugam11.28
Soram12.29
Uthi1.33
Visham2.35
Amirtham3.38
Soram4.40

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Sthira Vāsara · Bharaṇī (Kṛttikā from 6.01 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 signFromTo
Mesha5.44 am5.47 am
Vrishabha5.47 am7.25 am
Mithuna7.25 am9.48 am
Kataka9.48 am12.36 pm
Simha12.36 pm3.25 pm
Kanya3.25 pm6.14 pm
Tula6.14 pm9.04 pm
Vrischika9.04 pm11.40 pm
Dhanu11.40 pm1.36 am
Makara1.36 am2.51 am
Kumbha2.51 am3.46 am
Meena3.46 am4.38 am
Mesha4.38 am5.43 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.44
Guru7.02
Sevvai8.21
Suriya9.39
Sukran10.57
Budhan12.15
Chandra1.33
Sani2.51
Guru4.09
Sevvai5.28
Suriya6.46
Sukran8.04

Night

Budhan9.22
Chandra10.04
Sani10.45
Guru11.27
Sevvai12.09
Suriya12.51
Sukran1.32
Budhan2.14
Chandra2.56
Sani3.38
Guru4.19
Sevvai5.01

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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