Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
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Thursday
Parabhava
Chithirai
10
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 10.20 am, then Ashtami
Punarpoosamtill 10.28 am, then Poosam
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.32–4.15
Yamagandammorning 5.58–7.41
Kuligaimorning 9.23–11.07
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.41–9.23evening 7.47–8.57

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, 7.41 am to 9.23 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.32 pm; Shoola Yogam runs till 2.55 pm Friday.

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

7.41–9.23 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.41–9.23 am, inside the clear stretch
12.22–1.16 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

5.58–7.41 am
9.23–11.07 am, what begins now is said to repeat
2.32–4.15 pm
6.13–7.47 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 9.35 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise5.58 am
Sunset7.41 pm
Moonrise11.21 am
Moonset2.36 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 4.43 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Saptami, till 10.20 am 10–56 nazhigaiAshtami
Punarpoosam, till 10.28 am 11–16 nazhigaiPoosam
Dhriti Yogam, till 5.03 pm 27–44 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.20 am 10–56 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.32 pm caution 38–58 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.36–5.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.58–7.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.12–9.42 am
3.33–5.05 am		A favourable window
9.23–11.07 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.22–1.16 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.32–4.15 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.13–7.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.58
Sugam7.41
Soram9.23
Uthi211.07
Amirtham312.50
Visham2.32
Rogam4.14
Labam45.58

Night

Amirtham57.41
Visham8.57
Rogam10.14
Labam11.32
Dhanam12.49
Sugam2.06
Soram3.22
Uthi4.40

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Guru Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 10.28 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
Mesha5.58 am7.01 am
Vrishabha7.01 am8.48 am
Mithuna8.48 am11.06 am
Kataka11.06 am1.40 pm
Simha1.40 pm4.13 pm
Kanya4.13 pm6.46 pm
Tula6.46 pm9.21 pm
Vrischika9.21 pm11.47 pm
Dhanu11.47 pm1.47 am
Makara1.47 am3.17 am
Kumbha3.17 am4.28 am
Meena4.28 am5.36 am
Mesha5.36 am5.56 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.58
Sevvai7.06
Suriya8.15
Sukran9.23
Budhan10.32
Chandra11.41
Sani12.49
Guru1.58
Sevvai3.06
Suriya4.15
Sukran5.24
Budhan6.32

Night

Chandra7.41
Sani8.32
Guru9.23
Sevvai10.15
Suriya11.06
Sukran11.57
Budhan12.48
Chandra1.40
Sani2.31
Guru3.22
Sevvai4.14
Suriya5.05

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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