Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Wednesday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
6
Budhan
Valarpirai
Panchamitill 10.57 pm, then Shashti
Punarpoosamtill 6.42 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.54–2.44
Yamagandammorning 7.25–9.16
Kuligaimorning 11.04–12.55
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.09 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.36–7.25evening 8.12–9.22

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.

Ganda Yogam runs all day, till 1.29 am Thursday. 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

5.36–7.25 am; Ganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.25–9.16 am
7.42–9.11 am
11.04 am–12.55 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.25–1.24 pm
12.54–2.44 pm
2.14–3.46 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 1.09 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 1.09 pm, until Friday 4.39 pm

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

Sunrise5.36 am
Sunset8.12 pm
Moonrise9.14 am
Moonset12.36 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMithuna 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Panchami, till 10.57 pm 43–23 nazhigaiShashti
Punarpoosam, till 6.42 pm 32–46 nazhigaiPoosam
Ganda Yogam, till 1.29 am (next day) caution 49–42 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 12.13 pm 16–31 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 10.57 pm 43–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.22–4.58 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.25–9.16 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.42–9.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.04 am–12.55 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.25–1.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.54–2.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.31–5.58 pmA favourable window
2.14–3.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.36
Dhanam27.26
Sugam39.16
Soram11.04
Visham12.54
Uthi42.44
Amirtham54.34
Rogam6.22

Night

Uthi8.12
Amirtham9.23
Rogam10.33
Labam11.44
Dhanam12.55
Sugam62.05
Soram3.14
Visham4.25

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Saumya Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 6.42 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
Vrishabha5.36 am7.14 am
Mithuna7.14 am9.32 am
Kataka9.32 am12.03 pm
Simha12.03 pm2.35 pm
Kanya2.35 pm5.06 pm
Tula5.06 pm7.38 pm
Vrischika7.38 pm10.04 pm
Dhanu10.04 pm12.05 am
Makara12.05 am1.35 am
Kumbha1.35 am2.49 am
Meena2.49 am3.59 am
Mesha3.59 am5.21 am
Vrishabha5.21 am5.36 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.36
Chandra6.49
Sani8.02
Guru9.15
Sevvai10.28
Suriya11.41
Sukran12.54
Budhan2.07
Chandra3.20
Sani4.33
Guru5.46
Sevvai6.59

Night

Suriya8.12
Sukran8.59
Budhan9.46
Chandra10.33
Sani11.20
Guru12.07
Sevvai12.54
Suriya1.41
Sukran2.28
Budhan3.15
Chandra4.02
Sani4.49

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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