Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
19
Monday
Plavanga
Chithirai
6
Thingal
Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 7.22 pm, then Pournami
Hasthamtill 7.11 pm, then Chithirai
Rahu Kalammorning 8.26–10.09
Yamagandammorning 11.50–1.32
Kuligaiafternoon 3.13–4.56
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.45–8.26evening 8.18–9.36

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, 5.36 pm to 7.21 pm is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 10.15 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.52 am Tuesday.

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

5.36–7.21 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.45–8.26 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
10.15–11.50 amClear of every caution
1.05–1.58 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.32–1.58 pmShort clear window
2.54–3.13 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.26–10.09 am
11.50 am–1.32 pm
1.58–2.54 pm
3.13–4.56 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.41–5.36 pm
3.06–4.43 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 7.02 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

Sunrise6.45 am
Sunset8.18 pm
Moonrise7.25 pm
Moonset6.04 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 20 April: Pournami.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Chaturdasi, till 7.22 pm 31–34 nazhigaiPournami
Hastham, till 7.11 pm 31–07 nazhigaiChithirai
Vyaghata Yogam, till 10.15 am caution 8–45 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 7.58 am 3–03 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 7.22 pm 31–34 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.22–6.03 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.26–10.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.50 am–1.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.05–1.58 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.20–2.53 pmA favourable window
1.58–2.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.13–4.56 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.41–5.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.06–4.43 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.45
Visham8.26
Rogam10.08
Labam211.50
Dhanam31.32
Sugam43.14
Soram4.55
Uthi56.37

Night

Sugam8.18
Soram9.36
Uthi10.55
Amirtham12.13
Visham1.30
Rogam2.49
Labam64.08
Dhanam5.26

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyaghata Yogam; 2 Yamagandam; 3 Durmuhurtham; 4 Kuligai and Durmuhurtham; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 7.11 pm, 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
Mesha6.45 am7.58 am
Vrishabha7.58 am9.45 am
Mithuna9.45 am12.04 pm
Kataka12.04 pm2.38 pm
Simha2.38 pm5.12 pm
Kanya5.12 pm7.45 pm
Tula7.45 pm10.20 pm
Vrischika10.20 pm12.47 am
Dhanu12.47 am2.47 am
Makara2.47 am4.16 am
Kumbha4.16 am5.26 am
Meena5.26 am6.34 am
Mesha6.34 am6.43 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.45
Sani7.53
Guru9.01
Sevvai10.08
Suriya11.16
Sukran12.24
Budhan1.32
Chandra2.39
Sani3.47
Guru4.55
Sevvai6.03
Suriya7.11

Night

Sukran8.18
Budhan9.10
Chandra10.03
Sani10.55
Guru11.47
Sevvai12.39
Suriya1.31
Sukran2.23
Budhan3.15
Chandra4.07
Sani4.59
Guru5.51

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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