Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Tuesday
Plavanga
Vaikasi
4
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 6.34 am, then Chaturdasi
Swathitill 2.49 am (next day), then Visakam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 5.09–7.00
Yamagandammorning 9.48–11.39
Kuligaiafternoon 1.28–3.20
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 7.00–8.50night 10.00–11.09

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

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 2.26 pm.

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

7.00–8.50 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
1.00–1.58 pm; Kuligai and Vyatipata Yogam also run
3.20–5.09 pmClear of every caution
7.00–8.50 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.57–9.36 am
9.04–10.04 am
9.48–11.39 am
1.28–3.20 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.09–7.00 pm
12.32–1.10 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise6.08 am
Sunset8.50 pm
Moonrise7.33 pm
Moonset5.02 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 19 May: 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Trayodasi, till 6.34 am 1–06 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Swathi, till 2.49 am (next day) 51–46 nazhigaiVisakam
Vyatipata Yogam, till 2.26 pm caution 20–45 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 6.34 am 1–06 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 6.31 pm 30–58 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.54–5.30 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.57–9.36 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.04–10.04 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.48–11.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.00–1.58 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.28–3.20 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.09–7.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.49–7.26 pmA favourable window
12.32–1.10 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.08
Labam17.59
Dhanam29.49
Sugam311.39
Soram1.28
Uthi3.20
Visham5.09
Amirtham7.00

Night

Soram8.50
Uthi10.00
Visham11.09
Amirtham412.19
Rogam1.28
Labam2.39
Dhanam3.48
Sugam4.58

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Svātī

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
Vrishabha6.08 am7.51 am
Mithuna7.51 am10.10 am
Kataka10.10 am12.44 pm
Simha12.44 pm3.18 pm
Kanya3.18 pm5.51 pm
Tula5.51 pm8.26 pm
Vrischika8.26 pm10.53 pm
Dhanu10.53 pm12.53 am
Makara12.53 am2.22 am
Kumbha2.22 am3.32 am
Meena3.32 am4.40 am
Mesha4.40 am6.00 am
Vrishabha6.00 am6.07 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.08
Suriya7.21
Sukran8.35
Budhan9.48
Chandra11.02
Sani12.15
Guru1.29
Sevvai2.42
Suriya3.56
Sukran5.09
Budhan6.23
Chandra7.37

Night

Sani8.50
Guru9.36
Sevvai10.23
Suriya11.09
Sukran11.56
Budhan12.42
Chandra1.28
Sani2.15
Guru3.01
Sevvai3.48
Suriya4.34
Sukran5.20

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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