Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
17
Tuesday
Visvavasu
Panguni
4
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 3 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 9.56 pm, then Amavasai
Sathayamtill 7.39 pm, then Poorattathi
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.59–5.30
Yamagandammorning 9.58–11.29
Kuligaiafternoon 12.59–2.30
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.29–12.59night 8.30–9.58

Computed for Chicago, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 11.29 am to 12.59 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.30 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Chicago

Computed for Chicago, 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

11.29 am–12.59 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.29 am–12.59 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.36–1.23 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.30–3.59 pmClear of every caution
5.30–7.00 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

9.22–10.11 am
9.58–11.29 am
12.59–2.30 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.59–5.30 pm
11.46 pm–12.35 am, in the evening
1.50–3.24 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 1.07 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

Sunrise6.59 am
Sunset7.00 pm
Moonrise6.45 am (next day)
Moonset5.37 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 18 March: Amavasai.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Chicago's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Chicago 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)
Chaturdasi, till 9.56 pm 37–26 nazhigaiAmavasai
Sathayam, till 7.39 pm 31–44 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Sadhya Yogam, till 7.52 pm 32–17 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.30 am caution 8–48 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 9.56 pm 37–26 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.23–6.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.22–10.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.58–11.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.32–2.06 pmA favourable window
12.36–1.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.59–2.30 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.59–5.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 pm–12.35 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.50–3.24 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.59
Labam18.29
Dhanam29.59
Sugam11.29
Soram12.59
Uthi2.30
Visham3.59
Amirtham5.30

Night

Soram7.00
Uthi8.30
Visham9.58
Amirtham311.29
Rogam12.58
Labam42.28
Dhanam3.58
Sugam5.28

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 Durmuhurtham; 4 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena6.59 am8.06 am
Mesha8.06 am9.26 am
Vrishabha9.26 am11.13 am
Mithuna11.13 am1.32 pm
Kataka1.32 pm4.05 pm
Simha4.05 pm6.39 pm
Kanya6.39 pm9.12 pm
Tula9.12 pm11.46 pm
Vrischika11.46 pm2.13 am
Dhanu2.13 am4.13 am
Makara4.13 am5.42 am
Kumbha5.42 am6.53 am
Meena6.53 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.59
Suriya7.59
Sukran8.59
Budhan9.59
Chandra10.59
Sani11.59
Guru12.59
Sevvai1.59
Suriya2.59
Sukran3.59
Budhan4.59
Chandra6.00

Night

Sani7.00
Guru7.59
Sevvai8.59
Suriya9.59
Sukran10.59
Budhan11.58
Chandra12.58
Sani1.58
Guru2.58
Sevvai3.58
Suriya4.57
Sukran5.57

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Wednesday 1.07 pm

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