Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
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Tuesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
7, Pournami
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Pournamitill 6.27 pm, then Prathamai
Chithiraitill 6.59 pm, then Swathi
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalamevening 4.55–6.38
Yamagandammorning 10.07–11.50
Kuligaiafternoon 1.31–3.14
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.02 am: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.38–8.20night 9.38–10.55

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, 6.52 am to 8.17 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.52 am; Vajra Yogam runs till 6.41 am Wednesday.

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

6.52–8.17 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
1.05–1.58 pm; Kuligai and Vajra Yogam also run
6.38–8.20 pm; Vajra Yogam also runs

Avoid

9.26–10.22 am
10.07–11.50 am
1.31–3.14 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.55–6.38 pm
12.28–1.10 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise
12.38–2.16 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 7.02 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 7.02 am, until Thursday 1.48 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.43 am
Sunset8.20 pm
Moonrise8.37 pm
Moonset6.31 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Pournami, till 6.27 pm 29–21 nazhigaiPrathamai
Chithirai, till 6.59 pm 30–40 nazhigaiSwathi
Harshana Yogam, till 8.17 am 3–55 nazhigai
Vajra Yogam, till 6.41 am (next day) caution 59–56 nazhigai		Siddhi Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.52 am caution 0–20 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 6.27 pm 29–21 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 6.10 am (next day) 58–40 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.21–6.01 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.26–10.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.07–11.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.38–2.13 pmA favourable window
1.05–1.58 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.31–3.14 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.55–6.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.28–1.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.38–2.16 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.43
Labam18.26
Dhanam210.08
Sugam311.50
Soram1.31
Uthi43.14
Visham4.55
Amirtham56.38

Night

Soram8.20
Uthi9.38
Visham10.55
Amirtham612.13
Rogam1.30
Labam2.49
Dhanam4.07
Sugam5.25

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Bhauma Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 6.59 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
Mesha6.43 am7.54 am
Vrishabha7.54 am9.41 am
Mithuna9.41 am12.00 pm
Kataka12.00 pm2.34 pm
Simha2.34 pm5.08 pm
Kanya5.08 pm7.41 pm
Tula7.41 pm10.16 pm
Vrischika10.16 pm12.43 am
Dhanu12.43 am2.43 am
Makara2.43 am4.12 am
Kumbha4.12 am5.22 am
Meena5.22 am6.30 am
Mesha6.30 am6.42 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.43
Suriya7.51
Sukran8.59
Budhan10.07
Chandra11.15
Sani12.23
Guru1.31
Sevvai2.39
Suriya3.47
Sukran4.55
Budhan6.04
Chandra7.12

Night

Sani8.20
Guru9.11
Sevvai10.03
Suriya10.55
Sukran11.47
Budhan12.39
Chandra1.31
Sani2.23
Guru3.14
Sevvai4.06
Suriya4.58
Sukran5.50

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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