Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
10
Saturday
Parabhava
Panguni
27
Sani
Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 2.10 pm, then Panchami
Rohinitill 5.24 am (next day), then Mirugaseeridam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.16–11.56
Yamagandamafternoon 3.12–4.52
Kuligaimorning 6.59–8.39
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.30–8.08night 11.20–12.11 (after midnight)

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, 4.52 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 2.11 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

4.52–8.08 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
1.08–2.00 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
2.11–3.12 pmClear of every caution
6.30–8.08 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.59–8.39 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.59–8.45 am
10.16–11.56 am
3.12–4.52 pm
9.48–11.20 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 4.45 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.59 am
Sunset8.08 pm
Moonrise8.50 am
Moonset12.52 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonVrishabha 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
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturthi, till 2.10 pm 17–59 nazhigaiPanchami
Rohini, till 5.24 am (next day) 56–04 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Ayushman Yogam, till 12.52 pm 14–41 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 2.11 pm caution 17–59 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.11 am (next day) 45–32 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.33–6.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.59–8.39 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.59–8.45 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.16–11.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.08–2.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.12–4.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.48–11.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.22–3.52 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.59
Uthi18.39
Visham10.16
Amirtham211.56
Rogam1.33
Labam33.13
Dhanam4.52
Sugam6.30

Night

Labam8.08
Dhanam49.30
Sugam510.51
Soram12.11
Uthi1.34
Visham2.54
Amirtham4.16
Soram5.36

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Sthira Vāsara · Rohiṇī

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
Meena6.59 am7.13 am
Mesha7.13 am8.33 am
Vrishabha8.33 am10.20 am
Mithuna10.20 am12.39 pm
Kataka12.39 pm3.13 pm
Simha3.13 pm5.47 pm
Kanya5.47 pm8.21 pm
Tula8.21 pm10.56 pm
Vrischika10.56 pm1.23 am
Dhanu1.23 am3.23 am
Makara3.23 am4.51 am
Kumbha4.51 am6.02 am
Meena6.02 am6.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.59
Guru8.05
Sevvai9.11
Suriya10.17
Sukran11.22
Budhan12.28
Chandra1.34
Sani2.40
Guru3.45
Sevvai4.51
Suriya5.57
Sukran7.03

Night

Budhan8.08
Chandra9.02
Sani9.57
Guru10.51
Sevvai11.45
Suriya12.39
Sukran1.33
Budhan2.27
Chandra3.21
Sani4.15
Guru5.10
Sevvai6.04

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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