Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Sunday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
3
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 12.11 pm, then Dwitiyai
Rohinitill 2.02 am (next day), then Mirugaseeridam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.20–8.10
Yamagandamafternoon 12.54–2.44
Kuligaievening 4.32–6.21
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.39–7.27evening 8.27–9.20

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 4.30 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

5.39–7.27 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
12.26–1.23 pm; Yamagandam and Atiganda Yogam also run

Avoid

12.54–2.44 pm
4.32–6.21 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.13–7.12 pm
6.20–8.10 pm
7.02–8.27 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 12.35 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise5.39 am
Sunset8.10 pm
Moonrise5.52 am
Moonset9.45 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonVrishabha 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Prathamai, till 12.11 pm 16–21 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Rohini, till 2.02 am (next day) 51–00 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Atiganda Yogam, till 4.30 pm caution 27–08 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 12.11 pm 16–21 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 10.16 pm 41–35 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.23–5.00 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.26–1.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.54–2.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.32–6.21 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.13–7.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.20–8.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.02–8.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.15 pm–12.38 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi15.39
Amirtham27.28
Rogam9.16
Labam311.06
Dhanam412.55
Sugam52.44
Soram4.32
Visham6.20

Night

Dhanam68.10
Sugam9.21
Soram10.31
Visham11.42
Uthi12.54
Amirtham2.05
Rogam3.15
Labam4.28

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Bhānu Vāsara · Rohiṇī

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
Vrishabha5.39 am7.25 am
Mithuna7.25 am9.43 am
Kataka9.43 am12.15 pm
Simha12.15 pm2.47 pm
Kanya2.47 pm5.18 pm
Tula5.18 pm7.50 pm
Vrischika7.50 pm10.16 pm
Dhanu10.16 pm12.16 am
Makara12.16 am1.47 am
Kumbha1.47 am3.00 am
Meena3.00 am4.11 am
Mesha4.11 am5.33 am
Vrishabha5.33 am5.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.39
Sukran6.52
Budhan8.04
Chandra9.17
Sani10.29
Guru11.42
Sevvai12.54
Suriya2.07
Sukran3.19
Budhan4.32
Chandra5.45
Sani6.57

Night

Guru8.10
Sevvai8.57
Suriya9.44
Sukran10.32
Budhan11.19
Chandra12.07
Sani12.54
Guru1.41
Sevvai2.29
Suriya3.16
Sukran4.03
Budhan4.51

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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