May 2026

Saturday

Parabhava

Vaikasi

16, Pournami

Sani

Valarpirai

Pournamitill 4.45 am (next day), then Prathamai

Anushamtill 6.42 am (next day), then Kettai

Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 9.12–11.05

Yamagandamafternoon 2.46–4.39

Kuligaimorning 5.30–7.22

ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter

SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd

Gowri Nalla Neram

evening 6.30–8.21night 9.30–10.38

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, 4.39 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.36 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

4.39–8.21 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

12.26–1.25 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

6.30–8.21 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.30–7.22 am, what begins now is said to repeat

5.30–7.29 am

8.19–10.07 am

9.12–11.05 am

2.46–4.39 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 9.39 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.30 am

Sunset8.21 pm

Moonrise8.20 pm

Moonset5.04 am (next day)

SunVrishabha Rasi

MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Sani (Saturday)
	Pournami, till 4.45 am (next day) 58–09 nazhigai	Prathamai
	Anusham, till 6.42 am (next day) 63–02 nazhigai	Kettai
	Shiva Yogam, till 7.55 pm 36–03 nazhigai	Siddha Yogam
	Bhadra Karanam, till 3.36 pm caution 25–15 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 4.45 am (next day) 58–09 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.17–4.53 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	5.30–7.22 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	5.30–7.29 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	8.19–10.07 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	9.12–11.05 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.26–1.25 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	2.46–4.39 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	7.04–8.51 pm	A favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.30

Uthi¹7.22

Visham9.12

Amirtham²11.05

Rogam12.55

Labam³2.47

Dhanam4.39

Sugam6.30

Night

Labam8.21

Dhanam9.30

Sugam10.39

Soram11.46

Uthi12.56

Visham2.03

Amirtham3.13

Soram4.20

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Sthira Vāsara · Anurādhā

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 sign	From	To
Vrishabha	5.30 am	6.34 am
Mithuna	6.34 am	8.52 am
Kataka	8.52 am	11.24 am
Simha	11.24 am	1.56 pm
Kanya	1.56 pm	4.26 pm
Tula	4.26 pm	6.59 pm
Vrischika	6.59 pm	9.25 pm
Dhanu	9.25 pm	11.25 pm
Makara	11.25 pm	12.56 am
Kumbha	12.56 am	2.09 am
Meena	2.09 am	3.20 am
Mesha	3.20 am	4.42 am
Vrishabha	4.42 am	5.29 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.30

Guru6.44

Sevvai7.58

Suriya9.13

Sukran10.27

Budhan11.41

Chandra12.55

Sani2.10

Guru3.24

Sevvai4.38

Suriya5.52

Sukran7.07

Night

Budhan8.21

Chandra9.07

Sani9.52

Guru10.38

Sevvai11.24

Suriya12.09

Sukran12.55

Budhan1.41

Chandra2.27

Sani3.12

Guru3.58

Sevvai4.44

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd