Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Tuesday
Plavanga
Vaikasi
4
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 12.34 pm, then Chaturdasi
Chithiraitill 8.13 am, then Swathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.30–3.51
Yamagandammorning 9.13–10.33
Kuligaimorning 11.52–1.12
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.33–11.52night 6.51–8.31

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 all day, till 8.26 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

10.33–11.52 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
11.32 am–12.13 pm; Kuligai and Vyatipata Yogam also run

Avoid

8.41–9.25 am
9.13–10.33 am
11.52 am–1.12 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.57–3.36 pm
2.30–3.51 pm
10.31–11.26 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 3.34 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

Sunrise6.35 am
Sunset5.10 pm
Moonrise3.38 pm
Moonset5.27 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 19 May: Pournami.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Trayodasi, till 12.34 pm 14–58 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Chithirai, till 8.13 am 4–05 nazhigaiSwathi
Vyatipata Yogam, till 8.26 pm caution 34–36 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 12.34 pm 14–58 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 12.31 am (next day) 44–48 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.48–5.41 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.41–9.25 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.13–10.33 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.52 am–1.12 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.57–3.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.30–3.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.31–11.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.49 pm–1.26 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.35
Labam17.55
Dhanam29.14
Sugam310.33
Soram11.52
Uthi41.12
Visham2.30
Amirtham53.51

Night

Soram5.10
Uthi6.51
Visham8.31
Amirtham610.12
Rogam11.52
Labam1.34
Dhanam3.14
Sugam4.55

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Vyatipata Yogam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Vyatipata Yogam; 3 Vyatipata Yogam; 4 Tyajyam and Vyatipata Yogam; 5 Vyatipata Yogam; 6 Durmuhurtham.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 8.13 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
Vrishabha6.35 am8.45 am
Mithuna8.45 am10.49 am
Kataka10.49 am12.30 pm
Simha12.30 pm1.56 pm
Kanya1.56 pm3.20 pm
Tula3.20 pm4.54 pm
Vrischika4.54 pm6.49 pm
Dhanu6.49 pm9.04 pm
Makara9.04 pm11.25 pm
Kumbha11.25 pm1.44 am
Meena1.44 am4.01 am
Mesha4.01 am6.22 am
Vrishabha6.22 am6.36 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.35
Suriya7.28
Sukran8.21
Budhan9.14
Chandra10.06
Sani10.59
Guru11.52
Sevvai12.45
Suriya1.38
Sukran2.31
Budhan3.24
Chandra4.17

Night

Sani5.10
Guru6.17
Sevvai7.24
Suriya8.31
Sukran9.38
Budhan10.45
Chandra11.53
Sani1.00
Guru2.07
Sevvai3.14
Suriya4.21
Sukran5.28

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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