Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
4
Thingal
Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 3.24 pm, then Tritiyai
Rohinitill 9.02 am, then Mirugaseeridam
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 6.28–8.09
Yamagandammorning 9.49–11.31
Kuligaiafternoon 1.11–2.52
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.35 pm: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 4.48–6.28evening 6.13–7.32

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, 3.33 pm to sunset 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

3.33–6.13 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
4.48–6.28 amClear of every caution
4.48–6.28 am, inside the clear stretch
8.09–9.49 amClear of every caution
11.04–11.57 am; Yamagandam also runs
11.31–11.57 amShort clear window
12.51–1.11 pmShort clear window

Avoid

6.28–8.09 am
9.49–11.31 am
11.57 am–12.51 pm
1.11–2.52 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.58–3.23 pm
2.38–3.33 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 7.35 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 7.35 pm, until Wednesday 8.09 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise4.48 am
Sunset6.13 pm
Moonrise5.54 am
Moonset8.17 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonVrishabha 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
Thingal (Monday)
Dwitiyai, till 3.24 pm 26–31 nazhigaiTritiyai
Rohini, till 9.02 am 10–37 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Sukarma Yogam, till 7.18 pm 36–16 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 5.16 am 1–12 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 3.24 pm 26–31 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 1.34 am (next day) 51–57 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.23–4.05 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.15–7.38 am
10.27–11.50 pm		A favourable window
6.28–8.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.49–11.31 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.04–11.57 amWidely used for beginnings
11.57 am–12.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.11–2.52 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.58–3.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.38–3.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham4.48
Visham6.28
Rogam8.08
Labam19.50
Dhanam211.31
Sugam31.12
Soram2.51
Uthi4.33

Night

Sugam6.13
Soram7.32
Uthi8.52
Amirtham10.11
Visham11.30
Rogam12.49
Labam2.09
Dhanam3.28

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Indu Vāsara · Rohiṇī (Mṛgaśīrṣa from 9.02 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
Vrishabha4.48 am6.38 am
Mithuna6.38 am8.52 am
Kataka8.52 am11.10 am
Simha11.10 am1.24 pm
Kanya1.24 pm3.37 pm
Tula3.37 pm5.53 pm
Vrischika5.53 pm8.10 pm
Dhanu8.10 pm10.15 pm
Makara10.15 pm12.00 am
Kumbha12.00 am1.31 am
Meena1.31 am2.59 am
Mesha2.59 am4.37 am
Vrishabha4.37 am4.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra4.48
Sani5.55
Guru7.02
Sevvai8.09
Suriya9.16
Sukran10.23
Budhan11.30
Chandra12.38
Sani1.45
Guru2.52
Sevvai3.59
Suriya5.06

Night

Sukran6.13
Budhan7.06
Chandra7.59
Sani8.52
Guru9.45
Sevvai10.37
Suriya11.30
Sukran12.23
Budhan1.16
Chandra2.09
Sani3.01
Guru3.54

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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