Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Chithirai
5
Sani
Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 2.11 pm, then Dwitiyai
Ashwinitill 9.43 am, then Bharani
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.42–11.19
Yamagandamafternoon 2.29–4.05
Kuligaimorning 6.32–8.08
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.05–5.40evening 7.44–8.39

Computed for Dwarka. 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

For anything new, 11.19 am to 2.29 pm is the best of the day.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Dwarka

Computed for Dwarka, 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

11.19 am–2.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.14–9.42 amClear of every caution
12.29–1.19 pm
4.05–6.17 pmClear of every caution
4.05–5.40 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.05–7.33 am, from before sunrise
6.32–8.08 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.32–8.14 am
9.42–11.19 am
2.29–4.05 pm
6.17–7.44 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.32 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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
Sunset7.15 pm
Moonrise6.52 am
Moonset8.19 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Dwarka's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Dwarka 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
Sani (Saturday)
Prathamai, till 2.11 pm 19–09 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Ashwini, till 9.43 am 7–57 nazhigaiBharani
Priti Yogam, till 11.56 pm 43–32 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 2.11 pm 19–09 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 12.31 am (next day) 45–00 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Dwarka

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.02–5.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.05–7.33 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.32–8.08 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.32–8.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.42–11.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.29–1.19 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.29–4.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.17–7.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.53–4.18 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.32
Uthi18.08
Visham9.42
Amirtham11.19
Rogam12.53
Labam22.30
Dhanam4.05
Sugam35.40

Night

Labam47.15
Dhanam8.40
Sugam10.05
Soram11.28
Uthi12.54
Visham2.17
Amirtham3.43
Soram5.06

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Sthira Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 9.43 am, computed)

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
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha6.32 am8.05 am
Vrishabha8.05 am10.03 am
Mithuna10.03 am12.16 pm
Kataka12.16 pm2.32 pm
Simha2.32 pm4.43 pm
Kanya4.43 pm6.53 pm
Tula6.53 pm9.07 pm
Vrischika9.07 pm11.22 pm
Dhanu11.22 pm1.27 am
Makara1.27 am3.15 am
Kumbha3.15 am4.48 am
Meena4.48 am6.20 am
Mesha6.20 am6.31 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.32
Guru7.35
Sevvai8.39
Suriya9.43
Sukran10.46
Budhan11.50
Chandra12.54
Sani1.57
Guru3.01
Sevvai4.05
Suriya5.08
Sukran6.12

Night

Budhan7.15
Chandra8.12
Sani9.08
Guru10.04
Sevvai11.01
Suriya11.57
Sukran12.53
Budhan1.50
Chandra2.46
Sani3.42
Guru4.38
Sevvai5.35

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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