Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
1
Velli
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 5.42 pm, then Amavasai
Ashwinitill 8.45 am, then Bharani
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.08–12.57
Yamagandamevening 4.32–6.21
Kuligaimorning 7.32–9.21
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.21–11.08night 9.21–10.32

Computed for Denver, in US 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, 12.57 pm to 4.32 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.25 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Denver

Computed for Denver, 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

12.57–4.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.25–7.32 amShort clear window
9.21–11.08 amClear of every caution
9.21–11.08 am, inside the clear stretch
12.28–1.25 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
6.41–8.08 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.08–6.35 am, from before sunrise
7.32–9.21 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.08 am–12.57 pm
4.32–6.21 pm
5.15–6.41 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 11.17 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.45 am
Sunset8.08 pm
Moonrise5.15 am (next day)
Moonset7.12 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 16 May: Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Denver 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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturdasi, till 5.42 pm 29–53 nazhigaiAmavasai
Ashwini, till 8.45 am 7–30 nazhigaiBharani
Saubhagya Yogam, till 10.56 pm 42–59 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 7.25 am caution 4–10 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 5.42 pm 29–53 nazhigai
Chatushpada Karanam, till 3.53 am (next day) 55–23 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Denver

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.28–5.06 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.08–6.35 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.32–9.21 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.08 am–12.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.28–1.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
4.32–6.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.15–6.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.46–3.10 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.45
Soram7.32
Uthi9.21
Visham11.08
Amirtham12.57
Rogam2.44
Labam24.33
Dhanam36.21

Night

Rogam8.08
Labam9.21
Dhanam10.33
Sugam11.45
Soram12.56
Uthi2.09
Visham3.20
Amirtham4.33

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 8.45 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
Mesha5.45 am5.49 am
Vrishabha5.49 am7.38 am
Mithuna7.38 am9.55 am
Kataka9.55 am12.26 pm
Simha12.26 pm2.57 pm
Kanya2.57 pm5.27 pm
Tula5.27 pm7.58 pm
Vrischika7.58 pm10.23 pm
Dhanu10.23 pm12.24 am
Makara12.24 am1.56 am
Kumbha1.56 am3.10 am
Meena3.10 am4.21 am
Mesha4.21 am5.44 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.45
Budhan6.57
Chandra8.09
Sani9.21
Guru10.33
Sevvai11.45
Suriya12.57
Sukran2.09
Budhan3.20
Chandra4.32
Sani5.44
Guru6.56

Night

Sevvai8.08
Suriya8.56
Sukran9.44
Budhan10.32
Chandra11.20
Sani12.08
Guru12.56
Sevvai1.44
Suriya2.32
Sukran3.20
Budhan4.08
Chandra4.56

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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