Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
2
Sunday
Plavanga
Chithirai
19
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Ekadasitill 10.22 am, then Dwadasi
Poorattathitill 5.10 pm, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamevening 6.47–8.33
Yamagandamafternoon 1.29–3.16
Kuligaievening 5.01–6.48
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.54 am: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.26–8.11evening 8.33–9.46

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, 6.26 am to 8.59 am is the best of the day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 8.10 am Monday.

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

6.26–8.59 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.26–8.11 am, inside the clear stretch
1.02–1.57 pm; Yamagandam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run

Avoid

1.29–3.16 pm
5.01–6.48 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.40–7.37 pm
6.47–8.33 pm
3.02–4.41 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 10.54 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 10.54 am, until Tuesday 5.46 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.26 am
Sunset8.33 pm
Moonrise4.43 am (next day)
Moonset4.37 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Monday 3 May: Pradosham.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Ekadasi, till 10.22 am 9–51 nazhigaiDwadasi
Poorattathi, till 5.10 pm 26–52 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Indra Yogam, till 9.00 am 6–24 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 10.22 am 9–51 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 10.34 pm 40–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–5.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.43–10.23 amA favourable window
1.02–1.57 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.29–3.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.01–6.48 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.40–7.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.47–8.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.02–4.41 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi6.26
Amirtham18.12
Rogam9.57
Labam211.44
Dhanam31.30
Sugam43.16
Soram5.01
Visham6.47

Night

Dhanam8.33
Sugam9.47
Soram11.00
Visham12.14
Uthi1.29
Amirtham52.43
Rogam3.56
Labam5.11

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 5.10 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
Mesha6.26 am7.07 am
Vrishabha7.07 am8.54 am
Mithuna8.54 am11.12 am
Kataka11.12 am1.46 pm
Simha1.46 pm4.21 pm
Kanya4.21 pm6.54 pm
Tula6.54 pm9.29 pm
Vrischika9.29 pm11.56 pm
Dhanu11.56 pm1.56 am
Makara1.56 am3.25 am
Kumbha3.25 am4.35 am
Meena4.35 am5.43 am
Mesha5.43 am6.25 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.26
Sukran7.37
Budhan8.47
Chandra9.58
Sani11.08
Guru12.19
Sevvai1.30
Suriya2.40
Sukran3.51
Budhan5.01
Chandra6.12
Sani7.22

Night

Guru8.33
Sevvai9.22
Suriya10.12
Sukran11.01
Budhan11.50
Chandra12.40
Sani1.29
Guru2.18
Sevvai3.07
Suriya3.57
Sukran4.46
Budhan5.35

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until 10.54 am

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