Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
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Monday
Plavanga
Chithirai
6
Thingal
Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 2.22 am (next day), then Pournami
Hasthamtill 2.11 am (next day), then Chithirai
Rahu Kalammorning 6.44–8.21
Yamagandammorning 9.56–11.34
Kuligaiafternoon 1.09–2.46
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.08–6.44evening 5.59–7.22

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

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 5.15 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

5.15–5.59 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.08–6.44 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
11.08–11.58 am; Yamagandam, Tyajyam and Vyaghata Yogam also run

Avoid

6.44–8.21 am
9.56–11.34 am
10.57 am–12.31 pm
11.58 am–12.51 pm
1.09–2.46 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.33–3.25 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 2.02 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.08 am
Sunset5.59 pm
Moonrise4.43 pm
Moonset4.18 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 20 April: Pournami.

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)
Chaturdasi, till 2.22 am (next day) 53–07 nazhigaiPournami
Hastham, till 2.11 am (next day) 52–39 nazhigaiChithirai
Vyaghata Yogam, till 5.15 pm caution 30–18 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 2.58 pm 24–36 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 2.22 am (next day) 53–07 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.39–4.23 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.44–8.21 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.56–11.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.57 am–12.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.08–11.58 amWidely used for beginnings
11.58 am–12.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.09–2.46 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.33–3.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.20–9.53 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.08
Visham6.44
Rogam8.20
Labam29.57
Dhanam311.34
Sugam41.10
Soram2.45
Uthi54.23

Night

Sugam5.59
Soram7.22
Uthi8.46
Amirtham10.10
Visham11.32
Rogam12.56
Labam2.20
Dhanam3.44

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyaghata Yogam; 2 Yamagandam, Tyajyam and Vyaghata Yogam; 3 Tyajyam, Durmuhurtham and Vyaghata Yogam; 4 Kuligai, Durmuhurtham and Vyaghata Yogam; 5 Vyaghata Yogam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Hasta

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
Mesha5.08 am6.36 am
Vrishabha6.36 am8.33 am
Mithuna8.33 am10.47 am
Kataka10.47 am1.05 pm
Simha1.05 pm3.19 pm
Kanya3.19 pm5.32 pm
Tula5.32 pm7.48 pm
Vrischika7.48 pm10.05 pm
Dhanu10.05 pm12.10 am
Makara12.10 am1.55 am
Kumbha1.55 am3.26 am
Meena3.26 am4.54 am
Mesha4.54 am5.07 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.08
Sani6.12
Guru7.16
Sevvai8.21
Suriya9.25
Sukran10.29
Budhan11.33
Chandra12.37
Sani1.42
Guru2.46
Sevvai3.50
Suriya4.54

Night

Sukran5.59
Budhan6.54
Chandra7.50
Sani8.46
Guru9.41
Sevvai10.37
Suriya11.33
Sukran12.29
Budhan1.24
Chandra2.20
Sani3.16
Guru4.11

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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