Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Friday
Plavanga
Chithirai
31
Velli
Valarpirai
Navamitill 4.10 pm, then Dasami
Magamtill 9.12 am, then Pooram
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.32–11.53
Yamagandamafternoon 2.31–3.52
Kuligaimorning 7.52–9.13
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.32–7.52night 6.52–8.32

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.

Vyaghata Yogam runs all day, till 3.04 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

6.32–7.52 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
11.31 am–12.13 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vyaghata Yogam also run

Avoid

7.52–9.13 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.32–11.53 am
2.31–3.52 pm
4.58–6.32 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 2.23 pm

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

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise6.32 am
Sunset5.12 pm
Moonrise1.29 pm
Moonset1.23 am (next day)
SunMesha 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
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 4.10 pm 24–03 nazhigaiDasami
Magam, till 9.12 am 6–40 nazhigaiPooram
Vyaghata Yogam, till 3.04 am (next day) caution 51–17 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.10 pm 24–03 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 3.27 am (next day) 52–14 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.46–5.39 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.55–8.26 am
2.18–3.50 am		A favourable window
7.52–9.13 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.32–11.53 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.31 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.31–3.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.58–6.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.32
Soram7.52
Uthi29.13
Visham10.32
Amirtham311.53
Rogam1.12
Labam42.32
Dhanam53.52

Night

Rogam5.12
Labam6.52
Dhanam8.33
Sugam10.13
Soram11.52
Uthi1.33
Visham3.12
Amirtham4.53

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 9.12 am, computed)

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
Mesha6.32 am6.42 am
Vrishabha6.42 am9.01 am
Mithuna9.01 am11.05 am
Kataka11.05 am12.46 pm
Simha12.46 pm2.12 pm
Kanya2.12 pm3.36 pm
Tula3.36 pm5.10 pm
Vrischika5.10 pm7.05 pm
Dhanu7.05 pm9.20 pm
Makara9.20 pm11.41 pm
Kumbha11.41 pm2.00 am
Meena2.00 am4.17 am
Mesha4.17 am6.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.32
Budhan7.26
Chandra8.19
Sani9.12
Guru10.06
Sevvai10.59
Suriya11.52
Sukran12.45
Budhan1.39
Chandra2.32
Sani3.25
Guru4.19

Night

Sevvai5.12
Suriya6.19
Sukran7.25
Budhan8.32
Chandra9.39
Sani10.46
Guru11.52
Sevvai12.59
Suriya2.06
Sukran3.13
Budhan4.20
Chandra5.26

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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