Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
1
Saturday
Plavanga
Chithirai
18
Sani
Theypirai
Dasamitill 4.24 pm, then Ekadasi
Sathayamtill 10.46 pm, then Poorattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.14–9.53
Yamagandamafternoon 1.09–2.48
Kuligaimorning 4.58–6.37
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.53–11.31evening 6.04–7.25

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

Bhadra Karanam runs till 4.25 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

4.25–6.04 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.53–11.31 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.05–11.57 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

4.30–6.15 am, from before sunrise
4.58–6.37 am, what begins now is said to repeat
4.58–6.43 am
8.14–9.53 am
1.09–2.48 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 5.54 pm

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

Sunrise4.58 am
Sunset6.04 pm
Moonrise2.10 am (next day)
Moonset1.22 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 2 May: 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
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 4.24 pm 28–36 nazhigaiEkadasi
Sathayam, till 10.46 pm 44–32 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Brahma Yogam, till 4.14 pm 28–10 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 4.25 pm caution 28–36 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 4.59 am (next day) 60–04 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.31–4.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.30–6.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
4.58–6.37 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.58–6.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.14–9.53 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.05–11.57 amWidely used for beginnings
1.09–2.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.57–4.40 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram4.58
Uthi16.37
Visham8.14
Amirtham29.53
Rogam11.31
Labam31.10
Dhanam42.48
Sugam4.27

Night

Labam6.04
Dhanam7.26
Sugam8.48
Soram10.09
Uthi11.31
Visham12.52
Amirtham2.15
Soram3.35

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Mesha4.58 am5.49 am
Vrishabha5.49 am7.46 am
Mithuna7.46 am10.00 am
Kataka10.00 am12.18 pm
Simha12.18 pm2.32 pm
Kanya2.32 pm4.45 pm
Tula4.45 pm7.01 pm
Vrischika7.01 pm9.18 pm
Dhanu9.18 pm11.23 pm
Makara11.23 pm1.08 am
Kumbha1.08 am2.38 am
Meena2.38 am4.07 am
Mesha4.07 am4.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani4.58
Guru6.04
Sevvai7.09
Suriya8.15
Sukran9.20
Budhan10.26
Chandra11.31
Sani12.37
Guru1.42
Sevvai2.48
Suriya3.53
Sukran4.59

Night

Budhan6.04
Chandra6.59
Sani7.53
Guru8.48
Sevvai9.42
Suriya10.36
Sukran11.31
Budhan12.25
Chandra1.20
Sani2.14
Guru3.08
Sevvai4.03

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 5.54 pm

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