Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Chithirai
5
Sani
Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 11.41 am, then Dwitiyai
Ashwinitill 7.13 am, then Bharani
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.21–9.58
Yamagandamafternoon 1.09–2.46
Kuligaimorning 5.09–6.45
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.58–11.33evening 5.58–7.21

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, 9.58 am to 1.09 pm is the best of the day.

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

9.58 am–1.09 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.52–8.21 amClear of every caution
9.58–11.33 am, inside the clear stretch
11.08–11.59 am
2.46–3.47 pmClear of every caution
5.14–5.58 pmShort clear window

Avoid

5.09–6.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.09–6.52 am
8.21–9.58 am
1.09–2.46 pm
3.47–5.14 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 10.02 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.09 am
Sunset5.58 pm
Moonrise5.29 am
Moonset7.07 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Prathamai, till 11.41 am 16–22 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Ashwini, till 7.13 am 5–10 nazhigai
Bharani, till 4.40 am (next day) 58–51 nazhigai		Karthigai
Priti Yogam, till 9.26 pm 40–45 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 11.41 am 16–22 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 10.01 pm 42–13 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.40–4.23 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.09–6.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.09–6.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.21–9.58 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.08–11.59 amWidely used for beginnings
1.09–2.46 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.47–5.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.23–1.48 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.09
Uthi16.45
Visham8.21
Amirtham9.58
Rogam11.33
Labam21.10
Dhanam32.46
Sugam44.22

Night

Labam5.58
Dhanam7.22
Sugam8.46
Soram10.09
Uthi11.33
Visham12.56
Amirtham2.21
Soram3.44

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Sthira Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 7.13 am, 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
Mesha5.09 am6.39 am
Vrishabha6.39 am8.36 am
Mithuna8.36 am10.50 am
Kataka10.50 am1.08 pm
Simha1.08 pm3.22 pm
Kanya3.22 pm5.35 pm
Tula5.35 pm7.51 pm
Vrischika7.51 pm10.08 pm
Dhanu10.08 pm12.13 am
Makara12.13 am1.58 am
Kumbha1.58 am3.28 am
Meena3.28 am4.57 am
Mesha4.57 am5.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.09
Guru6.13
Sevvai7.17
Suriya8.21
Sukran9.25
Budhan10.29
Chandra11.33
Sani12.38
Guru1.42
Sevvai2.46
Suriya3.50
Sukran4.54

Night

Budhan5.58
Chandra6.54
Sani7.50
Guru8.46
Sevvai9.41
Suriya10.37
Sukran11.33
Budhan12.29
Chandra1.25
Sani2.20
Guru3.16
Sevvai4.12

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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