Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
18
Wednesday
Visvavasu
Panguni
5, Amavasai
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 4 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Amavasaitill 9.23 pm, then Prathamai
Poorattathitill 7.51 pm, then Uthirattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.05–2.37
Yamagandammorning 8.34–10.05
Kuligaimorning 11.35–1.06
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.07 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.04–8.34evening 7.08–8.37

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, 2.37 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.

No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
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

2.37–7.08 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.04–8.34 amClear of every caution
7.04–8.34 am, inside the clear stretch
10.05–11.35 amClear of every caution

Avoid

8.34–10.05 am
11.35 am–1.06 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.41–1.31 pm
1.05–2.37 pm
4.56–6.28 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 2.07 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 2.07 pm, until Friday 4.58 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise7.04 am
Sunset7.08 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Thursday
Moonset6.54 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Amavasai, till 9.23 pm 35–51 nazhigaiPrathamai
Poorattathi, till 7.51 pm 32–01 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Shubha Yogam, till 6.31 pm 28–40 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Chatushpada Karanam, till 10.14 am 7–55 nazhigai
Naga Karanam, till 9.23 pm 35–51 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.29–6.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.34–10.05 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–1.06 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.08–1.40 pmA favourable window
12.41–1.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.05–2.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.56–6.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam7.04
Dhanam18.35
Sugam10.05
Soram11.35
Visham1.05
Uthi2.37
Amirtham4.07
Rogam5.37

Night

Uthi7.08
Amirtham8.38
Rogam10.06
Labam11.36
Dhanam1.06
Sugam2.35
Soram4.03
Visham5.33

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Saumya Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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
Meena7.04 am8.11 am
Mesha8.11 am9.33 am
Vrishabha9.33 am11.21 am
Mithuna11.21 am1.39 pm
Kataka1.39 pm4.11 pm
Simha4.11 pm6.43 pm
Kanya6.43 pm9.13 pm
Tula9.13 pm11.46 pm
Vrischika11.46 pm2.12 am
Dhanu2.12 am4.12 am
Makara4.12 am5.43 am
Kumbha5.43 am6.56 am
Meena6.56 am7.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.04
Chandra8.04
Sani9.05
Guru10.05
Sevvai11.05
Suriya12.06
Sukran1.06
Budhan2.06
Chandra3.07
Sani4.07
Guru5.07
Sevvai6.08

Night

Suriya7.08
Sukran8.07
Budhan9.07
Chandra10.07
Sani11.06
Guru12.06
Sevvai1.05
Suriya2.05
Sukran3.04
Budhan4.04
Chandra5.03
Sani6.03

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until 2.07 pm

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