Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
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Wednesday
Visvavasu
Panguni
11
Budhan
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 10.21 am, then Ashtami
Mirugaseeridamtill 2.04 pm, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.01–1.32
Yamagandammorning 7.31–9.02
Kuligaimorning 10.31–12.02
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.02–7.31evening 6.01–7.31

Computed for Durban, in South Africa time (SAST). 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, 6.02 am to 7.31 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.18 pm.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Durban

Computed for Durban, 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

6.02–7.31 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.02–7.31 am, inside the clear stretch
9.02–10.20 amClear of every caution

Avoid

7.31–9.02 am
10.31 am–12.02 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
11.37 am–12.26 pm
12.01–1.32 pm
10.01–11.33 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 6.07 am

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

Sunrise6.02 am
Sunset6.01 pm
Moonrise1.03 pm
Moonset10.54 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi, from 2.47 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Durban's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Durban 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)
Saptami, till 10.21 am 10–46 nazhigaiAshtami
Mirugaseeridam, till 2.04 pm 20–03 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Saubhagya Yogam, till 11.40 pm 44–03 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.21 am 10–46 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.18 pm caution 38–08 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.27–5.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.50–7.19 am
3.21–4.51 am		A favourable window
7.31–9.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.31 am–12.02 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.37 am–12.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.01–1.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.01–11.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam6.02
Dhanam17.32
Sugam29.02
Soram10.31
Visham12.01
Uthi31.32
Amirtham43.02
Rogam4.31

Night

Uthi6.01
Amirtham7.32
Rogam9.01
Labam510.32
Dhanam12.02
Sugam1.33
Soram3.02
Visham4.32

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa (Ārdrā from 2.04 pm, 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
Meena6.02 am7.37 am
Mesha7.37 am9.57 am
Vrishabha9.57 am12.16 pm
Mithuna12.16 pm2.20 pm
Kataka2.20 pm4.01 pm
Simha4.01 pm5.28 pm
Kanya5.28 pm6.51 pm
Tula6.51 pm8.25 pm
Vrischika8.25 pm10.20 pm
Dhanu10.20 pm12.35 am
Makara12.35 am2.57 am
Kumbha2.57 am5.15 am
Meena5.15 am6.03 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.02
Chandra7.02
Sani8.02
Guru9.02
Sevvai10.02
Suriya11.02
Sukran12.02
Budhan1.02
Chandra2.02
Sani3.01
Guru4.01
Sevvai5.01

Night

Suriya6.01
Sukran7.01
Budhan8.02
Chandra9.02
Sani10.02
Guru11.02
Sevvai12.02
Suriya1.02
Sukran2.02
Budhan3.02
Chandra4.02
Sani5.03

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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