Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
23
Sunday
Plavanga
Vaikasi
9
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 5.12 pm, then Chaturthi
Moolamtill 3.48 pm, then Pooradam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.48–5.08
Yamagandammorning 11.52–1.12
Kuligaiafternoon 2.29–3.49
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.38–7.56evening 5.08–6.48

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 all day, till 5.13 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

6.38–7.56 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.32 am–12.13 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

11.52 am–1.12 pm
2.01–3.48 pm
2.29–3.49 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.43–4.26 pm
3.48–5.08 pm
2.31–4.20 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 1.24 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise6.38 am
Sunset5.07 pm
Moonrise7.33 pm
Moonset9.14 am
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Tritiyai, till 5.12 pm 26–25 nazhigaiChaturthi
Moolam, till 3.48 pm 22–54 nazhigaiPooradam
Sadhya Yogam, till 7.32 pm 32–15 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.13 pm caution 26–25 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 6.18 am (next day) 59–10 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.50–5.43 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.45–10.30 amA favourable window
11.32 am–12.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.52 am–1.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.01–3.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.29–3.49 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.43–4.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.48–5.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.31–4.20 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.38
Amirtham27.57
Rogam9.15
Labam310.34
Dhanam411.53
Sugam51.12
Soram2.29
Visham3.48

Night

Dhanam65.07
Sugam6.49
Soram8.30
Visham10.11
Uthi11.53
Amirtham71.35
Rogam3.15
Labam4.58

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 6 Rahu Kalam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Bhānu Vāsara · Mūla (Pūrvāṣāḍhā from 3.48 pm, 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
Vrishabha6.38 am8.26 am
Mithuna8.26 am10.29 am
Kataka10.29 am12.10 pm
Simha12.10 pm1.37 pm
Kanya1.37 pm3.00 pm
Tula3.00 pm4.34 pm
Vrischika4.34 pm6.29 pm
Dhanu6.29 pm8.44 pm
Makara8.44 pm11.06 pm
Kumbha11.06 pm1.24 am
Meena1.24 am3.42 am
Mesha3.42 am6.02 am
Vrishabha6.02 am6.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.38
Sukran7.30
Budhan8.23
Chandra9.15
Sani10.08
Guru11.00
Sevvai11.53
Suriya12.45
Sukran1.37
Budhan2.30
Chandra3.22
Sani4.15

Night

Guru5.07
Sevvai6.15
Suriya7.22
Sukran8.30
Budhan9.38
Chandra10.45
Sani11.53
Guru1.00
Sevvai2.08
Suriya3.16
Sukran4.23
Budhan5.31

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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