Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
23
Friday
Plavanga
Chithirai
10
Velli
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 12.51 am (next day), then Chaturthi
Anushamtill 3.27 am (next day), then Kettai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.30–11.55
Yamagandamafternoon 2.41–4.06
Kuligaimorning 7.42–9.07
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.07–10.30night 7.06–8.41

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.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 10.44 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.52 am Saturday. 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

11.55 am–12.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.07–10.30 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
11.32 am–12.16 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs

Avoid

6.16–7.59 am, from before sunrise
7.42–9.07 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.30–11.55 am
2.41–4.06 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 5.28 am

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

Sunrise6.19 am
Sunset5.29 pm
Moonrise7.05 pm
Moonset8.41 am
SunMesha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 24 April: Sankatahara Chaturthi.

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
Velli (Friday)
Tritiyai, till 12.51 am (next day) 46–19 nazhigaiChaturthi
Anusham, till 3.27 am (next day) 52–48 nazhigaiKettai
Vyatipata Yogam, till 10.44 am caution 11–00 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 12.25 pm 15–13 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.52 am (next day) caution 46–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.37–5.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.16–7.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.42–9.07 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.30–11.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.16 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.41–4.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.27–6.08 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.19
Soram7.42
Uthi29.07
Visham10.30
Amirtham311.55
Rogam1.17
Labam42.42
Dhanam54.06

Night

Rogam5.29
Labam7.06
Dhanam8.42
Sugam10.19
Soram11.54
Uthi1.31
Visham3.07
Amirtham4.44

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Anurādhā

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha6.19 am8.04 am
Vrishabha8.04 am10.23 am
Mithuna10.23 am12.27 pm
Kataka12.27 pm2.08 pm
Simha2.08 pm3.35 pm
Kanya3.35 pm4.58 pm
Tula4.58 pm6.32 pm
Vrischika6.32 pm8.27 pm
Dhanu8.27 pm10.42 pm
Makara10.42 pm1.04 am
Kumbha1.04 am3.22 am
Meena3.22 am5.40 am
Mesha5.40 am6.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.19
Budhan7.15
Chandra8.11
Sani9.07
Guru10.02
Sevvai10.58
Suriya11.54
Sukran12.50
Budhan1.46
Chandra2.42
Sani3.37
Guru4.33

Night

Sevvai5.29
Suriya6.33
Sukran7.37
Budhan8.42
Chandra9.46
Sani10.50
Guru11.54
Sevvai12.59
Suriya2.03
Sukran3.07
Budhan4.11
Chandra5.16

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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