Shastra Panchangam
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Sunday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
10
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Navamitill 1.01 am (next day), then Dasami
Pooramtill 11.21 pm, then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.48–5.07
Yamagandammorning 11.52–1.12
Kuligaiafternoon 2.29–3.49
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.38 am (next day): Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.35–11.52evening 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

For anything new, 8.33 am to 11.52 am 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 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

8.33–11.52 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.39–6.53 amShort clear window
10.35–11.52 am, inside the clear stretch
11.32 am–12.13 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.12–2.29 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.53–8.33 am
11.52 am–1.12 pm
2.29–3.49 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.42–4.25 pm
3.48–5.07 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 5.38 am

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

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 5.38 am, until Wednesday 3.31 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

Sunrise6.39 am
Sunset5.07 pm
Moonrise1.08 pm
Moonset1.05 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Navami, till 1.01 am (next day) 45–55 nazhigaiDasami
Pooram, till 11.21 pm 41–45 nazhigaiUthiram
Harshana Yogam, till 12.15 am (next day) 43–59 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.55 pm 15–39 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.01 am (next day) 45–55 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.51–5.44 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.53–8.33 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.52 am–1.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.29–3.49 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.42–4.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.48–5.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.47–6.24 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.39
Amirtham27.58
Rogam9.15
Labam10.35
Dhanam311.53
Sugam1.12
Soram2.29
Visham3.48

Night

Dhanam5.07
Sugam6.49
Soram8.29
Visham10.11
Uthi11.53
Amirtham1.35
Rogam3.16
Labam4.58

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī

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
Vrishabha6.39 am8.21 am
Mithuna8.21 am10.24 am
Kataka10.24 am12.06 pm
Simha12.06 pm1.32 pm
Kanya1.32 pm2.55 pm
Tula2.55 pm4.29 pm
Vrischika4.29 pm6.24 pm
Dhanu6.24 pm8.39 pm
Makara8.39 pm11.01 pm
Kumbha11.01 pm1.19 am
Meena1.19 am3.37 am
Mesha3.37 am5.57 am
Vrishabha5.57 am6.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.39
Sukran7.31
Budhan8.23
Chandra9.16
Sani10.08
Guru11.00
Sevvai11.53
Suriya12.45
Sukran1.37
Budhan2.30
Chandra3.22
Sani4.14

Night

Guru5.07
Sevvai6.14
Suriya7.22
Sukran8.30
Budhan9.38
Chandra10.45
Sani11.53
Guru1.01
Sevvai2.08
Suriya3.16
Sukran4.24
Budhan5.31

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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