Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
16
Monday
Visvavasu
Panguni
3
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 2 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Trayodasitill 11.54 pm, then Chaturdasi
Avittamtill 8.52 pm, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam

Pradosham · Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalammorning 8.37–10.07
Yamagandammorning 11.36–1.07
Kuligaiafternoon 2.36–4.07
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.45 am: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.07–8.37evening 7.06–8.35

Computed for Edison, in US Eastern time (EDT). 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, 4.43 pm to sunset 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 Edison

Computed for Edison, 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

4.43–7.06 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.07–8.37 amClear of every caution
7.07–8.37 am, inside the clear stretch
10.07–11.36 amClear of every caution
12.43–1.30 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.07–1.30 pmShort clear window
2.19–2.36 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.37–10.07 am
11.36 am–1.07 pm
1.30–2.19 pm
2.36–4.07 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.54–4.43 pm
4.00–5.36 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 8.45 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 8.45 am, until Wednesday 2.07 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise7.07 am
Sunset7.06 pm
Moonrise6.28 am (next day)
Moonset4.34 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Edison 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
Thingal (Monday)
Trayodasi, till 11.54 pm 41–59 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Avittam, till 8.52 pm 34–25 nazhigaiSathayam
Siddha Yogam, till 10.45 pm 39–08 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 12.08 pm 12–32 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 11.54 pm 41–59 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.31–6.19 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.37–10.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.18–11.54 amA favourable window
11.36 am–1.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.43–1.30 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.30–2.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.36–4.07 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.54–4.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.00–5.36 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham7.07
Visham8.37
Rogam10.06
Labam111.37
Dhanam21.07
Sugam32.37
Soram4.06
Uthi5.36

Night

Sugam7.06
Soram8.35
Uthi10.06
Amirtham11.36
Visham1.05
Rogam2.35
Labam44.06
Dhanam5.36

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā

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

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha7.07 am7.08 am
Meena7.08 am8.18 am
Mesha8.18 am9.41 am
Vrishabha9.41 am11.29 am
Mithuna11.29 am1.47 pm
Kataka1.47 pm4.19 pm
Simha4.19 pm6.50 pm
Kanya6.50 pm9.21 pm
Tula9.21 pm11.54 pm
Vrischika11.54 pm2.20 am
Dhanu2.20 am4.20 am
Makara4.20 am5.51 am
Kumbha5.51 am7.04 am
Meena7.04 am7.06 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra7.07
Sani8.07
Guru9.07
Sevvai10.07
Suriya11.07
Sukran12.07
Budhan1.07
Chandra2.06
Sani3.06
Guru4.06
Sevvai5.06
Suriya6.06

Night

Sukran7.06
Budhan8.06
Chandra9.06
Sani10.06
Guru11.06
Sevvai12.06
Suriya1.06
Sukran2.06
Budhan3.06
Chandra4.06
Sani5.06
Guru6.06

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force from 8.44 am, until Monday 2.07 pm

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