Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Thursday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
14
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 6.21 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Swathitill 7.08 am (next day), then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.11–2.30
Yamagandammorning 6.41–7.59
Kuligaimorning 9.16–10.36
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.59–9.16evening 5.05–6.47

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, 2.30 pm to sunset 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

2.30–5.05 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.59–9.16 amClear of every caution
7.59–9.16 am, inside the clear stretch
10.36–10.49 amShort clear window
11.33 am–12.13 pm; Tyajyam also runs
12.36–1.11 pmShort clear window

Avoid

6.41–7.59 am
9.16–10.36 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.49 am–12.36 pm
1.11–2.30 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 3.09 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.41 am
Sunset5.05 pm
Moonrise3.03 pm
Moonset4.50 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Trayodasi, till 6.21 am (next day) 59–09 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Swathi, till 7.08 am (next day) 61–07 nazhigaiVisakam
Variyan Yogam, till 12.25 am (next day) 44–19 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 5.22 pm 26–43 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 6.21 am (next day) 59–09 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.53–5.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.41–7.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.16–10.36 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.49 am–12.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.11–2.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.26–11.11 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.41
Sugam7.59
Soram9.16
Uthi210.36
Amirtham311.54
Visham1.11
Rogam2.29
Labam3.48

Night

Amirtham5.05
Visham6.47
Rogam8.29
Labam10.12
Dhanam11.54
Sugam1.36
Soram3.17
Uthi5.00

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Svātī

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
Vrishabha6.41 am8.05 am
Mithuna8.05 am10.09 am
Kataka10.09 am11.50 am
Simha11.50 am1.16 pm
Kanya1.16 pm2.40 pm
Tula2.40 pm4.14 pm
Vrischika4.14 pm6.09 pm
Dhanu6.09 pm8.24 pm
Makara8.24 pm10.45 pm
Kumbha10.45 pm1.03 am
Meena1.03 am3.21 am
Mesha3.21 am5.42 am
Vrishabha5.42 am6.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.41
Sevvai7.33
Suriya8.25
Sukran9.17
Budhan10.09
Chandra11.01
Sani11.53
Guru12.45
Sevvai1.37
Suriya2.29
Sukran3.21
Budhan4.13

Night

Chandra5.05
Sani6.13
Guru7.21
Sevvai8.29
Suriya9.37
Sukran10.45
Budhan11.53
Chandra1.01
Sani2.09
Guru3.17
Sevvai4.25
Suriya5.33

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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