Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
28
Tuesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
15
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Dwadasitill 8.22 am, then Trayodasi
Uthiramtill 12.06 pm, then Hastham
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamevening 4.17–6.02
Yamagandammorning 9.19–11.04
Kuligaiafternoon 12.48–2.33
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.04–12.48night 2.03–3.18 (after midnight)

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, 11.04 am to 12.48 pm is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 10.35 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

11.04 am–12.48 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.04 am–12.48 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.21–1.16 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.33–4.17 pmClear of every caution
6.02–7.46 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.37–9.34 am
9.19–11.04 am
12.48–2.33 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.17–6.02 pm
9.05–10.49 pm, in the evening
11.47 pm–12.28 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 2.45 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

Sunrise5.50 am
Sunset7.46 pm
Moonrise5.07 pm
Moonset4.30 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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)
Dwadasi, till 8.22 am 6–20 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Uthiram, till 12.06 pm 15–41 nazhigaiHastham
Vyaghata Yogam, till 10.35 am caution 11–51 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 8.22 am 6–20 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.49 pm 37–30 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.30–5.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.32–6.12 amA favourable window
8.37–9.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.19–11.04 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.21–1.16 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.48–2.33 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.17–6.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.05–10.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.47 pm–12.28 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.50
Labam17.35
Dhanam29.20
Sugam11.04
Soram12.48
Uthi2.33
Visham4.17
Amirtham6.02

Night

Soram7.46
Uthi39.02
Visham10.16
Amirtham411.33
Rogam12.47
Labam2.03
Dhanam3.19
Sugam4.34

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī (Hasta from 12.06 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
Mesha5.50 am6.41 am
Vrishabha6.41 am8.28 am
Mithuna8.28 am10.47 am
Kataka10.47 am1.20 pm
Simha1.20 pm3.54 pm
Kanya3.54 pm6.27 pm
Tula6.27 pm9.01 pm
Vrischika9.01 pm11.28 pm
Dhanu11.28 pm1.28 am
Makara1.28 am2.57 am
Kumbha2.57 am4.08 am
Meena4.08 am5.17 am
Mesha5.17 am5.49 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.50
Suriya7.00
Sukran8.10
Budhan9.19
Chandra10.29
Sani11.39
Guru12.48
Sevvai1.58
Suriya3.08
Sukran4.17
Budhan5.27
Chandra6.37

Night

Sani7.46
Guru8.36
Sevvai9.27
Suriya10.17
Sukran11.07
Budhan11.57
Chandra12.48
Sani1.38
Guru2.28
Sevvai3.18
Suriya4.09
Sukran4.59

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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