Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
29
Sunday
Visvavasu
Panguni
16
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 15 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Valarpirai
Dwadasitill 8.40 pm, then Trayodasi
Magamtill 4.18 am (next day), then Pooram
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 5.38–7.14
Yamagandamafternoon 12.55–2.30
Kuligaievening 4.04–5.39
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.38–8.12evening 7.14–8.38

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, 6.38 am to 7.49 am is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 6.22 am Monday.

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

6.38–7.49 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.38–8.12 am; Shoola Yogam also runs
12.31–1.20 pm; Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam also run

Avoid

12.55–2.30 pm
4.04–5.39 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.13–5.50 pm
5.32–6.23 pm
5.38–7.14 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 11.03 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise6.38 am
Sunset7.13 pm
Moonrise3.56 pm
Moonset5.24 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi, from 4.08 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 30 March: Pradosham.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Dwadasi, till 8.40 pm 35–08 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Magam, till 4.18 am (next day) 54–14 nazhigaiPooram
Dhriti Yogam, till 7.50 am 2–59 nazhigai
Shoola Yogam, till 6.22 am (next day) caution 59–23 nazhigai		Ganda Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 8.56 am 5–45 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 8.40 pm 35–08 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–5.52 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.31–1.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.55–2.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.04–5.39 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.13–5.50 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.32–6.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.38–7.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.54–3.29 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.38
Amirtham28.13
Rogam9.46
Labam311.22
Dhanam412.56
Sugam52.30
Soram4.04
Visham5.38

Night

Dhanam67.13
Sugam8.39
Soram10.03
Visham11.29
Uthi12.55
Amirtham2.21
Rogam3.45
Labam5.11

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Shoola Yogam; 2 Shoola Yogam; 3 Shoola Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam; 5 Shoola Yogam; 6 Rahu Kalam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Maghā

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
Meena6.38 am7.18 am
Mesha7.18 am8.39 am
Vrishabha8.39 am10.26 am
Mithuna10.26 am12.45 pm
Kataka12.45 pm3.18 pm
Simha3.18 pm5.52 pm
Kanya5.52 pm8.25 pm
Tula8.25 pm10.59 pm
Vrischika10.59 pm1.26 am
Dhanu1.26 am3.26 am
Makara3.26 am4.55 am
Kumbha4.55 am6.06 am
Meena6.06 am6.36 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.38
Sukran7.41
Budhan8.44
Chandra9.47
Sani10.50
Guru11.53
Sevvai12.56
Suriya1.58
Sukran3.01
Budhan4.04
Chandra5.07
Sani6.10

Night

Guru7.13
Sevvai8.10
Suriya9.07
Sukran10.04
Budhan11.01
Chandra11.58
Sani12.55
Guru1.52
Sevvai2.49
Suriya3.45
Sukran4.42
Budhan5.39

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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