Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
14
Wednesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
1
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 31 on this day. Here Chithirai began on Wednesday 14 April.

Valarpirai
Navamitill 3.51 am (next day), then Dasami
Poosamtill 12.04 am (next day), then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.32–3.13
Yamagandammorning 8.32–10.13
Kuligaimorning 11.52–1.33
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.53–8.32evening 8.13–9.32

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

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

3.13–8.13 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.53–8.32 amClear of every caution
6.53–8.32 am, inside the clear stretch
10.28–11.52 amClear of every caution

Avoid

8.32–10.13 am
8.56–10.28 am
11.52 am–1.33 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.06–2.00 pm
1.32–3.13 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 10.49 pm

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

Sunrise6.53 am
Sunset8.13 pm
Moonrise1.18 pm
Moonset4.02 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Navami, till 3.51 am (next day) 52–30 nazhigaiDasami
Poosam, till 12.04 am (next day) 43–00 nazhigaiAyilyam
Dhriti Yogam, till 10.53 pm 40–03 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 4.52 pm 25–01 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 3.51 am (next day) 52–30 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.28–6.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.32–10.13 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.56–10.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.52 am–1.33 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.06–2.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.32–3.13 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.01–7.31 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam6.53
Dhanam18.33
Sugam210.13
Soram11.52
Visham1.32
Uthi3.13
Amirtham4.53
Rogam6.32

Night

Uthi8.13
Amirtham9.33
Rogam10.52
Labam12.13
Dhanam1.33
Sugam2.52
Soram4.11
Visham5.31

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Saumya Vāsara · Puṣya

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
Meena6.53 am6.58 am
Mesha6.58 am8.17 am
Vrishabha8.17 am10.05 am
Mithuna10.05 am12.23 pm
Kataka12.23 pm2.57 pm
Simha2.57 pm5.31 pm
Kanya5.31 pm8.05 pm
Tula8.05 pm10.40 pm
Vrischika10.40 pm1.07 am
Dhanu1.07 am3.07 am
Makara3.07 am4.36 am
Kumbha4.36 am5.46 am
Meena5.46 am6.51 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.53
Chandra8.00
Sani9.06
Guru10.13
Sevvai11.20
Suriya12.26
Sukran1.33
Budhan2.40
Chandra3.46
Sani4.53
Guru5.59
Sevvai7.06

Night

Suriya8.13
Sukran9.06
Budhan9.59
Chandra10.52
Sani11.46
Guru12.39
Sevvai1.32
Suriya2.25
Sukran3.18
Budhan4.12
Chandra5.05
Sani5.58

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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