Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
9
Sani
Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 12.58 am (next day), then Navami
Magamtill 10.39 pm, then Pooram
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.15–10.34
Yamagandamafternoon 1.11–2.30
Kuligaimorning 6.38–7.57
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.30–3.48evening 5.07–6.48

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.11 pm; Vyaghata Yogam runs all day, till 1.13 am Sunday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

11.32 am–12.13 pm; Tyajyam, Bhadra Karanam and Vyaghata Yogam also run
2.30–3.48 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.38–7.57 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.38–8.02 am
9.15–10.34 am
10.38 am–12.15 pm
1.11–2.30 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 5.38 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise6.38 am
Sunset5.07 pm
Moonrise12.38 pm
Moonset12.06 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

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
Sani (Saturday)
Ashtami, till 12.58 am (next day) 45–48 nazhigaiNavami
Magam, till 10.39 pm 40–03 nazhigaiPooram
Vyaghata Yogam, till 1.13 am (next day) caution 46–26 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.11 pm caution 16–22 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 12.58 am (next day) 45–48 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.50–5.43 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.38–7.57 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.38–8.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.15–10.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.38 am–12.15 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.11–2.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.16–9.51 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.38
Uthi17.57
Visham9.15
Amirtham210.34
Rogam11.52
Labam31.12
Dhanam42.30
Sugam53.49

Night

Labam5.07
Dhanam6.49
Sugam8.30
Soram10.11
Uthi11.53
Visham1.34
Amirtham3.16
Soram4.57

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Sthira Vāsara · Maghā

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
Vrishabha6.38 am8.25 am
Mithuna8.25 am10.28 am
Kataka10.28 am12.09 pm
Simha12.09 pm1.36 pm
Kanya1.36 pm2.59 pm
Tula2.59 pm4.33 pm
Vrischika4.33 pm6.28 pm
Dhanu6.28 pm8.43 pm
Makara8.43 pm11.05 pm
Kumbha11.05 pm1.23 am
Meena1.23 am3.41 am
Mesha3.41 am6.01 am
Vrishabha6.01 am6.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.38
Guru7.30
Sevvai8.23
Suriya9.15
Sukran10.08
Budhan11.00
Chandra11.53
Sani12.45
Guru1.37
Sevvai2.30
Suriya3.22
Sukran4.15

Night

Budhan5.07
Chandra6.15
Sani7.22
Guru8.30
Sevvai9.38
Suriya10.45
Sukran11.53
Budhan1.00
Chandra2.08
Sani3.16
Guru4.23
Sevvai5.31

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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