Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
21
Saturday
Visvavasu
Panguni
8
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 7 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.


Valarpirai
Tritiyaitill 2.27 pm, then Chaturthi
Ashwinitill 3.08 pm, then Bharani
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.02–11.34
Yamagandamafternoon 2.36–4.09
Kuligaimorning 6.59–8.31
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.40–7.11night 8.40–10.07

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, 8.37 am to 9.31 am is the best of the day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 6.12 am Sunday.

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

8.37–9.31 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.41–1.29 pm; Tyajyam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run
5.40–7.11 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.59–8.31 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.59–8.37 am
10.02–11.34 am
11.26 am–12.55 pm
2.36–4.09 pm
11.57 pm–1.27 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 6.45 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

Sunrise6.59 am
Sunset7.11 pm
Moonrise8.06 am
Moonset10.38 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Tritiyai, till 2.27 pm 18–41 nazhigaiChaturthi
Ashwini, till 3.08 pm 20–24 nazhigaiBharani
Indra Yogam, till 9.31 am 6–21 nazhigai
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 6.12 am (next day) caution 58–06 nazhigai
Vishkambha Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 2.27 pm 18–41 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 1.07 am (next day) 45–24 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.25–6.11 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.59–8.31 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.59–8.37 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.29–9.57 amA favourable window
10.02–11.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.26 am–12.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.41–1.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.36–4.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.57 pm–1.27 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.59
Uthi18.31
Visham10.02
Amirtham211.34
Rogam1.05
Labam32.37
Dhanam44.09
Sugam55.40

Night

Labam7.11
Dhanam8.40
Sugam10.08
Soram11.35
Uthi61.05
Visham2.32
Amirtham4.01
Soram5.29

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 3.08 pm, 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
Meena6.59 am7.59 am
Mesha7.59 am9.21 am
Vrishabha9.21 am11.09 am
Mithuna11.09 am1.27 pm
Kataka1.27 pm3.59 pm
Simha3.59 pm6.31 pm
Kanya6.31 pm9.02 pm
Tula9.02 pm11.34 pm
Vrischika11.34 pm2.00 am
Dhanu2.00 am4.00 am
Makara4.00 am5.31 am
Kumbha5.31 am6.44 am
Meena6.44 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.59
Guru8.00
Sevvai9.01
Suriya10.02
Sukran11.03
Budhan12.04
Chandra1.05
Sani2.06
Guru3.07
Sevvai4.08
Suriya5.09
Sukran6.10

Night

Budhan7.11
Chandra8.10
Sani9.09
Guru10.08
Sevvai11.07
Suriya12.05
Sukran1.04
Budhan2.03
Chandra3.02
Sani4.01
Guru5.00
Sevvai5.59

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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