Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
12
Sunday
Visvavasu
Panguni
29
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Dasamitill 10.47 pm, then Ekadasi
Thiruvonamtill 12.44 pm, then Avittam
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.20–5.56
Yamagandammorning 11.34–1.10
Kuligaiafternoon 2.45–4.21
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.15 am (next day): Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.14–6.49evening 6.32–7.20

Computed for Doha, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 5.14 am to 10.33 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.48 pm.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Doha

Computed for Doha, 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

5.14–10.33 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.14–6.49 am, inside the clear stretch
11.10 am–12.00 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

11.34 am–1.10 pm
2.45–4.21 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.13–5.05 pm
4.20–5.56 pm
4.52–6.32 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 1.15 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 1.15 am, until Wednesday 7.08 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

Sunrise5.14 am
Sunset5.55 pm
Moonrise2.32 am (next day)
Moonset12.56 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 13 April: Ekadasi.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Doha's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Doha 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)
Dasami, till 10.47 pm 43–54 nazhigaiEkadasi
Thiruvonam, till 12.44 pm 18–46 nazhigaiAvittam
Sadhya Yogam, till 3.46 pm 26–20 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.34 am 13–18 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.48 pm caution 43–54 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.44–4.29 amPrayer, meditation, study
11.10 am–12.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.34 am–1.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.45–4.21 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.13–5.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.20–5.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.52–6.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.49–4.27 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi5.14
Amirtham6.50
Rogam8.24
Labam110.00
Dhanam211.35
Sugam31.10
Soram2.45
Visham4.20

Night

Dhanam45.55
Sugam7.21
Soram8.44
Visham10.09
Uthi11.35
Amirtham1.00
Rogam2.23
Labam3.49

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhānu Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 12.44 pm, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena5.14 am5.24 am
Mesha5.24 am7.03 am
Vrishabha7.03 am9.00 am
Mithuna9.00 am11.14 am
Kataka11.14 am1.31 pm
Simha1.31 pm3.45 pm
Kanya3.45 pm5.58 pm
Tula5.58 pm8.15 pm
Vrischika8.15 pm10.32 pm
Dhanu10.32 pm12.36 am
Makara12.36 am2.21 am
Kumbha2.21 am3.52 am
Meena3.52 am5.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.14
Sukran6.18
Budhan7.21
Chandra8.25
Sani9.28
Guru10.31
Sevvai11.35
Suriya12.38
Sukran1.42
Budhan2.45
Chandra3.49
Sani4.52

Night

Guru5.55
Sevvai6.52
Suriya7.48
Sukran8.45
Budhan9.41
Chandra10.38
Sani11.34
Guru12.31
Sevvai1.27
Suriya2.24
Sukran3.20
Budhan4.17

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force from 1.14 am, until Monday 7.08 am

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