Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
1
Velli
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 7.42 pm, then Amavasai
Ashwinitill 10.45 am, then Bharani
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.05–12.55
Yamagandamevening 4.31–6.20
Kuligaimorning 7.29–9.18
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.18–11.05night 9.20–10.30

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, 12.55 pm to 4.31 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.25 am.

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

12.55–4.31 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.18–11.05 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
9.25–11.05 amClear of every caution
12.26–1.23 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
6.20–7.15 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.08–8.35 am
7.29–9.18 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.05 am–12.55 pm
4.31–6.20 pm
7.15–8.41 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 1.17 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

Sunrise5.41 am
Sunset8.08 pm
Moonrise5.07 am (next day)
Moonset7.05 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 16 May: Amavasai.

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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturdasi, till 7.42 pm 35–03 nazhigaiAmavasai
Ashwini, till 10.45 am 12–41 nazhigaiBharani
Saubhagya Yogam, till 12.56 am (next day) 48–09 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.25 am caution 9–21 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 7.42 pm 35–03 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.15–5.41 am
3.46–5.10 am		A favourable window
4.25–5.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.08–8.35 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.29–9.18 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.05 am–12.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.26–1.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
4.31–6.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.15–8.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.41
Soram7.29
Uthi29.18
Visham11.05
Amirtham12.55
Rogam2.42
Labam34.32
Dhanam46.20

Night

Rogam8.08
Labam9.20
Dhanam10.31
Sugam11.43
Soram12.53
Uthi2.06
Visham3.16
Amirtham4.29

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 10.45 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
Mesha5.41 am5.45 am
Vrishabha5.45 am7.33 am
Mithuna7.33 am9.51 am
Kataka9.51 am12.23 pm
Simha12.23 pm2.55 pm
Kanya2.55 pm5.25 pm
Tula5.25 pm7.58 pm
Vrischika7.58 pm10.24 pm
Dhanu10.24 pm12.24 am
Makara12.24 am1.55 am
Kumbha1.55 am3.08 am
Meena3.08 am4.19 am
Mesha4.19 am5.40 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.41
Budhan6.53
Chandra8.05
Sani9.18
Guru10.30
Sevvai11.42
Suriya12.54
Sukran2.07
Budhan3.19
Chandra4.31
Sani5.43
Guru6.56

Night

Sevvai8.08
Suriya8.55
Sukran9.43
Budhan10.31
Chandra11.18
Sani12.06
Guru12.54
Sevvai1.41
Suriya2.29
Sukran3.17
Budhan4.05
Chandra4.52

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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