Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Monday
Plavanga
Vaikasi
3
Thingal
Valarpirai
Dwadasitill 6.59 am, then Trayodasi
Chithiraitill 2.13 am (next day), then Swathi

Pradosham

Rahu Kalammorning 7.58–9.49
Yamagandammorning 11.38–1.29
Kuligaiafternoon 3.18–5.09
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.04 pm: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.59–8.49night 11.09–12.18 (after midnight)

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, 6.09 am to 7.58 am is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 2.26 pm 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

6.09–7.58 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.49–10.03 amShort clear window
1.00–1.58 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.29–1.58 pmShort clear window
2.57–3.18 pmShort clear window
6.59–8.49 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.58–9.49 am
10.03–11.41 am
11.38 am–1.29 pm
1.58–2.57 pm
3.18–5.09 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.54–5.53 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 2.04 pm

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

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 2.04 pm, until Wednesday 9.34 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

Sunrise6.09 am
Sunset8.49 pm
Moonrise6.23 pm
Moonset4.32 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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)
Dwadasi, till 6.59 am 2–05 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Chithirai, till 2.13 am (next day) 50–13 nazhigaiSwathi
Siddhi Yogam, till 3.41 pm 23–51 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 6.59 am 2–05 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 6.44 pm 31–29 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.54–5.31 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.58–9.49 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.03–11.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.38 am–1.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.00–1.58 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.58–2.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.18–5.09 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.54–5.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.46–9.22 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.09
Visham7.58
Rogam9.48
Labam111.39
Dhanam21.29
Sugam33.19
Soram5.08
Uthi46.59

Night

Sugam8.49
Soram9.58
Uthi11.09
Amirtham12.19
Visham1.28
Rogam2.38
Labam3.49
Dhanam4.58

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Indu Vāsara · Citrā

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
Vrishabha6.09 am7.55 am
Mithuna7.55 am10.13 am
Kataka10.13 am12.47 pm
Simha12.47 pm3.22 pm
Kanya3.22 pm5.55 pm
Tula5.55 pm8.30 pm
Vrischika8.30 pm10.57 pm
Dhanu10.57 pm12.57 am
Makara12.57 am2.26 am
Kumbha2.26 am3.36 am
Meena3.36 am4.44 am
Mesha4.44 am6.04 am
Vrishabha6.04 am6.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.09
Sani7.22
Guru8.35
Sevvai9.49
Suriya11.02
Sukran12.16
Budhan1.29
Chandra2.42
Sani3.56
Guru5.09
Sevvai6.22
Suriya7.36

Night

Sukran8.49
Budhan9.36
Chandra10.22
Sani11.09
Guru11.55
Sevvai12.42
Suriya1.28
Sukran2.15
Budhan3.02
Chandra3.48
Sani4.35
Guru5.21

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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