Shastra Panchangam
March 2027
18
Thursday
Parabhava
Panguni
4
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 10.22 pm, then Dwadasi
Poosamtill 11.51 pm, then Ayilyam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.35–3.07
Yamagandammorning 5.58–7.30
Kuligaimorning 9.00–10.33
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 12.04–1.35evening 6.10–7.38

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.

Atiganda Yogam runs all day, till 11.05 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.22 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

11.40 am–12.28 pm; Atiganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
12.04–1.35 pm; Atiganda Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

5.58–7.30 am
9.00–10.33 am, what begins now is said to repeat
9.02–10.31 am
1.35–3.07 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 10.02 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise5.58 am
Sunset6.10 pm
Moonrise3.40 pm
Moonset2.24 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Friday 19 March: Pradosham.

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)
Ekadasi, till 10.22 pm 40–59 nazhigaiDwadasi
Poosam, till 11.51 pm 44–43 nazhigaiAyilyam
Atiganda Yogam, till 11.05 pm caution 42–47 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 11.38 am 14–09 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.22 pm caution 40–59 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.24–5.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.58–7.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.00–10.33 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
9.02–10.31 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.28 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.35–3.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.56–7.24 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.58
Sugam27.30
Soram9.00
Uthi310.33
Amirtham412.04
Visham1.35
Rogam3.06
Labam54.39

Night

Amirtham6.10
Visham7.38
Rogam9.07
Labam10.36
Dhanam12.05
Sugam1.33
Soram3.01
Uthi4.30

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Guru Vāsara · Puṣya

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
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena5.58 am8.05 am
Mesha8.05 am10.26 am
Vrishabha10.26 am12.45 pm
Mithuna12.45 pm2.49 pm
Kataka2.49 pm4.30 pm
Simha4.30 pm5.56 pm
Kanya5.56 pm7.20 pm
Tula7.20 pm8.54 pm
Vrischika8.54 pm10.49 pm
Dhanu10.49 pm1.04 am
Makara1.04 am3.25 am
Kumbha3.25 am5.44 am
Meena5.44 am5.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.58
Sevvai6.59
Suriya8.00
Sukran9.01
Budhan10.02
Chandra11.03
Sani12.04
Guru1.05
Sevvai2.06
Suriya3.07
Sukran4.08
Budhan5.09

Night

Chandra6.10
Sani7.09
Guru8.08
Sevvai9.07
Suriya10.06
Sukran11.05
Budhan12.04
Chandra1.03
Sani2.02
Guru3.01
Sevvai4.00
Suriya4.59

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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