Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
28
Saturday
Visvavasu
Panguni
15
Sani

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

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 10.17 pm, then Dwadasi
Ayilyamtill 5.08 am (next day), then Magam
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 9.55–11.30
Yamagandamafternoon 2.36–4.11
Kuligaimorning 6.48–8.22
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.09 am (next day): Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.11–5.44evening 7.38–8.44

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, 8.28 am to 9.55 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.17 pm.

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

8.28–9.55 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.38–1.28 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
4.11–5.44 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

6.48–8.22 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.48–8.28 am
9.55–11.30 am
2.36–4.11 pm
6.01–7.38 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 5.09 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 5.09 am, until Tuesday 12.03 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise6.48 am
Sunset7.18 pm
Moonrise2.52 pm
Moonset5.05 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day 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
Sani (Saturday)
Ekadasi, till 10.17 pm 38–46 nazhigaiDwadasi
Ayilyam, till 5.08 am (next day) 55–55 nazhigaiMagam
Sukarma Yogam, till 10.36 am 9–32 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.44 am 9–51 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.17 pm caution 38–46 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.16–6.01 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.48–8.22 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.48–8.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.55–11.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.38–1.28 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.36–4.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.01–7.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.33–5.08 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.48
Uthi18.22
Visham9.55
Amirtham211.30
Rogam1.02
Labam32.37
Dhanam44.11
Sugam55.45

Night

Labam67.18
Dhanam8.45
Sugam10.11
Soram11.36
Uthi1.03
Visham2.28
Amirtham3.54
Soram5.19

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Āśleṣā

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
Meena6.48 am7.31 am
Mesha7.31 am8.53 am
Vrishabha8.53 am10.42 am
Mithuna10.42 am1.00 pm
Kataka1.00 pm3.32 pm
Simha3.32 pm6.03 pm
Kanya6.03 pm8.34 pm
Tula8.34 pm11.07 pm
Vrischika11.07 pm1.32 am
Dhanu1.32 am3.33 am
Makara3.33 am5.04 am
Kumbha5.04 am6.17 am
Meena6.17 am6.46 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.48
Guru7.50
Sevvai8.53
Suriya9.55
Sukran10.58
Budhan12.00
Chandra1.03
Sani2.06
Guru3.08
Sevvai4.11
Suriya5.13
Sukran6.16

Night

Budhan7.18
Chandra8.16
Sani9.13
Guru10.10
Sevvai11.08
Suriya12.05
Sukran1.02
Budhan1.59
Chandra2.57
Sani3.54
Guru4.51
Sevvai5.49

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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