Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
13
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 12 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 6.52 pm, then Dwadasi
Hasthamtill 6.27 pm, then Chithirai
Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamevening 5.34–7.36
Yamagandammorning 9.32–11.34
Kuligaiafternoon 1.33–3.35
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 7.36–9.36evening 10.35–11.34

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, 5.32 am to 6.13 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.53 pm; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 3.56 pm Wednesday.

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

5.32–6.13 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
1.02–2.05 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
7.36–9.36 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.44–9.49 am
9.32–11.34 am
1.33–3.35 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.34–7.36 pm
12.45–1.18 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise
3.10–4.56 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 7.31 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.32 am
Sunset9.36 pm
Moonrise5.10 pm
Moonset3.25 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Wednesday 27 May: Pradosham.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Ekadasi, till 6.52 pm 33–22 nazhigaiDwadasi
Hastham, till 6.27 pm 32–19 nazhigaiChithirai
Siddhi Yogam, till 3.41 pm 25–23 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 6.13 am 1–44 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.53 pm caution 33–22 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.29–5.00 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.44–9.49 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.32–11.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.00–1.43 pmA favourable window
1.02–2.05 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.33–3.35 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.34–7.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.45–1.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
3.10–4.56 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.32
Labam17.33
Dhanam29.33
Sugam311.34
Soram1.33
Uthi43.35
Visham5.34
Amirtham57.36

Night

Soram9.36
Uthi10.35
Visham11.34
Amirtham612.34
Rogam1.33
Labam72.33
Dhanam83.33
Sugam94.32

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam and Vyatipata Yogam; 5 Vyatipata Yogam; 6 Durmuhurtham; 7 Tyajyam; 8 Tyajyam; 9 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 6.27 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
Vrishabha5.32 am6.46 am
Mithuna6.46 am9.09 am
Kataka9.09 am11.56 am
Simha11.56 am2.46 pm
Kanya2.46 pm5.35 pm
Tula5.35 pm8.25 pm
Vrischika8.25 pm11.01 pm
Dhanu11.01 pm12.56 am
Makara12.56 am2.12 am
Kumbha2.12 am3.07 am
Meena3.07 am3.59 am
Mesha3.59 am5.04 am
Vrishabha5.04 am5.31 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.32
Suriya6.52
Sukran8.13
Budhan9.33
Chandra10.53
Sani12.13
Guru1.34
Sevvai2.54
Suriya4.14
Sukran5.35
Budhan6.55
Chandra8.15

Night

Sani9.36
Guru10.15
Sevvai10.55
Suriya11.34
Sukran12.14
Budhan12.54
Chandra1.33
Sani2.13
Guru2.52
Sevvai3.32
Suriya4.12
Sukran4.51

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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