Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
1
Saturday
Plavanga
Chithirai
18
Sani
Theypirai
Dasamitill 9.24 am, then Ekadasi
Sathayamtill 3.46 pm, then Poorattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.58–11.45
Yamagandamafternoon 3.15–5.01
Kuligaimorning 6.27–8.13
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.01–6.46evening 8.32–9.46

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

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.25 am.

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

5.01–8.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.25–9.58 amShort clear window
11.45 am–3.15 pmClear of every caution
1.02–1.57 pm
5.01–6.46 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.27–8.13 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.27–8.21 am
9.58–11.45 am
3.15–5.01 pm
10.32 pm–12.15 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 10.54 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.27 am
Sunset8.32 pm
Moonrise4.23 am (next day)
Moonset3.32 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 2 May: Ekadasi.

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)
Dasami, till 9.24 am 7–22 nazhigaiEkadasi
Sathayam, till 3.46 pm 23–18 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Brahma Yogam, till 9.14 am 6–56 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.25 am caution 7–22 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 9.59 pm 38–51 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.08–5.47 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.27–8.13 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.27–8.21 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.57–9.40 amA favourable window
9.58–11.45 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.02–1.57 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.15–5.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.32 pm–12.15 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.27
Uthi18.13
Visham9.58
Amirtham11.45
Rogam1.29
Labam23.16
Dhanam5.01
Sugam6.47

Night

Labam8.32
Dhanam39.47
Sugam411.01
Soram12.14
Uthi1.29
Visham2.43
Amirtham3.58
Soram5.11

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 3.46 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
Mesha6.27 am7.11 am
Vrishabha7.11 am8.58 am
Mithuna8.58 am11.16 am
Kataka11.16 am1.50 pm
Simha1.50 pm4.25 pm
Kanya4.25 pm6.58 pm
Tula6.58 pm9.33 pm
Vrischika9.33 pm12.00 am
Dhanu12.00 am2.00 am
Makara2.00 am3.29 am
Kumbha3.29 am4.39 am
Meena4.39 am5.47 am
Mesha5.47 am6.26 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.27
Guru7.38
Sevvai8.48
Suriya9.59
Sukran11.09
Budhan12.19
Chandra1.30
Sani2.40
Guru3.50
Sevvai5.01
Suriya6.11
Sukran7.21

Night

Budhan8.32
Chandra9.21
Sani10.11
Guru11.00
Sevvai11.50
Suriya12.39
Sukran1.29
Budhan2.18
Chandra3.08
Sani3.58
Guru4.47
Sevvai5.37

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 10.54 am

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