Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
8
Thursday
Parabhava
Panguni
25
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 5.41 pm, then Tritiyai
Ashwinitill 8.30 am, then Bharani
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.12–4.51
Yamagandammorning 7.03–8.41
Kuligaimorning 10.18–11.57
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.41–10.18evening 8.06–9.27

Computed for Detroit, in US Eastern time (EDT). 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, 7.20 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 5.56 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Detroit

Computed for Detroit, 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

7.20–8.06 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.41–10.18 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
1.09–2.00 pm; Vishkambha Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.03–8.41 am
10.18–11.57 am, what begins now is said to repeat
3.12–4.51 pm
5.46–7.20 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 1.27 pm

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

Sunrise7.03 am
Sunset8.06 pm
Moonrise7.33 am
Moonset10.27 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Detroit 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)
Dwitiyai, till 5.41 pm 26–36 nazhigaiTritiyai
Ashwini, till 8.30 am 3–38 nazhigaiBharani
Vishkambha Yogam, till 5.56 pm caution 27–14 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 5.41 pm 26–36 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 4.54 am (next day) 54–41 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.36–6.18 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.03–8.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.18–11.57 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.09–2.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.12–4.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.46–7.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.04–4.35 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.03
Sugam28.41
Soram10.18
Uthi311.57
Amirtham41.35
Visham3.12
Rogam4.50
Labam56.29

Night

Amirtham8.06
Visham9.27
Rogam10.49
Labam12.12
Dhanam1.34
Sugam2.56
Soram4.17
Uthi5.40

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Guru Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 8.30 am, computed)

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

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena7.03 am7.21 am
Mesha7.21 am8.41 am
Vrishabha8.41 am10.28 am
Mithuna10.28 am12.47 pm
Kataka12.47 pm3.21 pm
Simha3.21 pm5.55 pm
Kanya5.55 pm8.29 pm
Tula8.29 pm11.03 pm
Vrischika11.03 pm1.31 am
Dhanu1.31 am3.30 am
Makara3.30 am4.59 am
Kumbha4.59 am6.10 am
Meena6.10 am7.01 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.03
Sevvai8.08
Suriya9.13
Sukran10.19
Budhan11.24
Chandra12.29
Sani1.34
Guru2.40
Sevvai3.45
Suriya4.50
Sukran5.55
Budhan7.01

Night

Chandra8.06
Sani9.01
Guru9.55
Sevvai10.50
Suriya11.44
Sukran12.39
Budhan1.34
Chandra2.28
Sani3.23
Guru4.17
Sevvai5.12
Suriya6.07

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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