Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
23
Thursday
Parabhava
Chithirai
10
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 11.20 am, then Ashtami
Punarpoosamtill 11.28 am, then Poosam
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.38–4.21
Yamagandammorning 6.07–7.50
Kuligaimorning 9.31–11.14
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.14–12.56night 11.39–12.55 (after midnight)

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

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.32 pm; Shoola Yogam runs till 3.55 pm Friday.

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

7.50–9.31 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.14–11.19 amShort clear window
11.14 am–12.56 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.29–1.23 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

6.07–7.50 am
9.31–11.14 am, what begins now is said to repeat
2.38–4.21 pm
7.13–8.47 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 10.35 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.07 am
Sunset7.45 pm
Moonrise11.30 am
Moonset2.38 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 5.43 am

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Saptami, till 11.20 am 13–02 nazhigaiAshtami
Punarpoosam, till 11.28 am 13–22 nazhigaiPoosam
Dhriti Yogam, till 6.03 pm 29–50 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 11.20 am 13–02 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.32 pm caution 41–04 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.45–5.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.07–7.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.12–10.42 am
4.33–6.05 am		A favourable window
9.31–11.14 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.29–1.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.38–4.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.13–8.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.07
Sugam7.50
Soram9.31
Uthi211.14
Amirtham312.57
Visham2.38
Rogam4.20
Labam46.04

Night

Amirtham57.45
Visham9.02
Rogam10.20
Labam11.39
Dhanam12.56
Sugam2.14
Soram3.30
Uthi4.49

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Guru Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 11.28 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
Mesha6.07 am7.11 am
Vrishabha7.11 am9.00 am
Mithuna9.00 am11.18 am
Kataka11.18 am1.49 pm
Simha1.49 pm4.21 pm
Kanya4.21 pm6.52 pm
Tula6.52 pm9.24 pm
Vrischika9.24 pm11.50 pm
Dhanu11.50 pm1.51 am
Makara1.51 am3.22 am
Kumbha3.22 am4.35 am
Meena4.35 am5.45 am
Mesha5.45 am6.06 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.07
Sevvai7.15
Suriya8.23
Sukran9.32
Budhan10.40
Chandra11.48
Sani12.56
Guru2.04
Sevvai3.13
Suriya4.21
Sukran5.29
Budhan6.37

Night

Chandra7.45
Sani8.37
Guru9.29
Sevvai10.21
Suriya11.12
Sukran12.04
Budhan12.56
Chandra1.47
Sani2.39
Guru3.31
Sevvai4.22
Suriya5.14

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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