Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
14
Wednesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
1
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 31 on this day. Here Chithirai began on Wednesday 14 April.


Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 12.54 pm, then Navami
Punarpoosamtill 8.23 am, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.34–1.10
Yamagandammorning 6.48–8.24
Kuligaimorning 9.58–11.35
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.13–6.48evening 5.56–7.20

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, 1.10 pm to 3.56 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

1.10–3.56 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.13–6.48 amClear of every caution
5.13–6.48 am, inside the clear stretch
8.24–9.58 amClear of every caution
5.28–5.56 pmShort clear window

Avoid

6.48–8.24 am
9.58–11.35 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.08 am–12.00 pm
11.34 am–1.10 pm
3.56–5.28 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 5.49 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise5.13 am
Sunset5.56 pm
Moonrise11.34 am
Moonset1.17 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 2.43 am

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Ashtami, till 12.54 pm 19–15 nazhigaiNavami
Punarpoosam, till 8.23 am 7–55 nazhigaiPoosam
Sukarma Yogam, till 8.40 am 8–40 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 12.54 pm 19–15 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 11.52 pm 46–41 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.43–4.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.07–7.37 am
1.01–2.31 am
A favourable window
6.48–8.24 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.58–11.35 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.08 am–12.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.34 am–1.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.56–5.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam5.13
Dhanam16.49
Sugam8.24
Soram9.58
Visham11.34
Uthi1.10
Amirtham22.46
Rogam4.20

Night

Uthi5.56
Amirtham7.21
Rogam8.45
Labam10.10
Dhanam11.34
Sugam12.59
Soram2.22
Visham3.47

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Saumya Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 8.23 am, computed)

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
Meena5.13 am5.18 am
Mesha5.18 am6.56 am
Vrishabha6.56 am8.53 am
Mithuna8.53 am11.07 am
Kataka11.07 am1.25 pm
Simha1.25 pm3.39 pm
Kanya3.39 pm5.51 pm
Tula5.51 pm8.08 pm
Vrischika8.08 pm10.25 pm
Dhanu10.25 pm12.29 am
Makara12.29 am2.14 am
Kumbha2.14 am3.45 am
Meena3.45 am5.12 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.13
Chandra6.16
Sani7.20
Guru8.24
Sevvai9.27
Suriya10.31
Sukran11.34
Budhan12.38
Chandra1.42
Sani2.45
Guru3.49
Sevvai4.53

Night

Suriya5.56
Sukran6.53
Budhan7.49
Chandra8.45
Sani9.41
Guru10.38
Sevvai11.34
Suriya12.30
Sukran1.27
Budhan2.23
Chandra3.19
Sani4.15

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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