Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
30
Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
16, Pournami
Sani
Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 8.28 am, then Pournami
Visakamtill 9.51 am, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 9.17–10.36
Yamagandamafternoon 1.11–2.30
Kuligaimorning 6.42–8.00
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.36–11.53evening 5.05–6.46

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 9.36 pm. 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

8.06–8.28 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.36–11.53 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.33 am–12.14 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

6.42–8.00 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.42–8.06 am
9.17–10.36 am
1.11–2.30 pm
2.19–4.07 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 3.39 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise6.42 am
Sunset5.05 pm
Moonrise4.15 pm
MoonsetAfter sunrise on Sunday
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi, from 3.09 am

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

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)
Chaturdasi, till 8.28 am 4–26 nazhigaiPournami
Visakam, till 9.51 am 7–51 nazhigaiAnusham
Shiva Yogam, till 1.55 am (next day) 48–01 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 8.28 am 4–26 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.36 pm caution 37–14 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.54–5.47 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.42–8.00 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.42–8.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.17–10.36 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.14 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.11–2.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.19–4.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.04–2.51 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.42
Uthi18.00
Visham9.17
Amirtham210.36
Rogam11.53
Labam31.12
Dhanam42.30
Sugam53.47

Night

Labam5.05
Dhanam6.47
Sugam8.30
Soram10.11
Uthi11.54
Visham1.35
Amirtham3.19
Soram5.00

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, Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 9.51 am, 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
Vrishabha6.42 am7.57 am
Mithuna7.57 am10.01 am
Kataka10.01 am11.42 am
Simha11.42 am1.08 pm
Kanya1.08 pm2.32 pm
Tula2.32 pm4.06 pm
Vrischika4.06 pm6.01 pm
Dhanu6.01 pm8.16 pm
Makara8.16 pm10.37 pm
Kumbha10.37 pm12.56 am
Meena12.56 am3.13 am
Mesha3.13 am5.34 am
Vrishabha5.34 am6.43 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.42
Guru7.34
Sevvai8.26
Suriya9.18
Sukran10.10
Budhan11.01
Chandra11.53
Sani12.45
Guru1.37
Sevvai2.29
Suriya3.21
Sukran4.13

Night

Budhan5.05
Chandra6.13
Sani7.21
Guru8.29
Sevvai9.37
Suriya10.45
Sukran11.54
Budhan1.02
Chandra2.10
Sani3.18
Guru4.26
Sevvai5.34

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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