Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
14
Wednesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
1
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 31 on this day. Here Chithirai began on Wednesday 14 April.

Valarpirai
Navamitill 2.51 am (next day), then Dasami
Poosamtill 11.04 pm, then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.27–3.06
Yamagandammorning 8.35–10.14
Kuligaimorning 11.50–1.28
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.14–11.50evening 7.57–9.19

Computed for Frisco, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 3.06 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Frisco

Computed for Frisco, 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

3.06–7.57 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.58–7.56 amShort clear window
10.14–11.50 amClear of every caution
10.14–11.50 am, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.56–9.28 am
8.35–10.14 am
11.50 am–1.28 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.01–1.54 pm
1.27–3.06 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 9.49 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

Sunrise6.58 am
Sunset7.57 pm
Moonrise1.39 pm
Moonset3.40 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Frisco's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Frisco 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)
Navami, till 2.51 am (next day) 49–45 nazhigaiDasami
Poosam, till 11.04 pm 40–15 nazhigaiAyilyam
Dhriti Yogam, till 9.53 pm 37–19 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 3.52 pm 22–16 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 2.51 am (next day) 49–45 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Frisco

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.31–6.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.56–9.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.35–10.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.50 am–1.28 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.01–1.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.27–3.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.01–6.31 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.58
Dhanam28.36
Sugam10.14
Soram11.50
Visham1.27
Uthi3.06
Amirtham4.43
Rogam6.19

Night

Uthi7.57
Amirtham9.20
Rogam10.42
Labam12.05
Dhanam1.28
Sugam2.50
Soram4.12
Visham5.34

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Saumya Vāsara · Puṣya

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena6.58 am7.02 am
Mesha7.02 am8.33 am
Vrishabha8.33 am10.26 am
Mithuna10.26 am12.42 pm
Kataka12.42 pm3.06 pm
Simha3.06 pm5.29 pm
Kanya5.29 pm7.50 pm
Tula7.50 pm10.14 pm
Vrischika10.14 pm12.35 am
Dhanu12.35 am2.38 am
Makara2.38 am4.16 am
Kumbha4.16 am5.39 am
Meena5.39 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.58
Chandra8.03
Sani9.08
Guru10.13
Sevvai11.18
Suriya12.23
Sukran1.28
Budhan2.33
Chandra3.38
Sani4.43
Guru5.47
Sevvai6.52

Night

Suriya7.57
Sukran8.52
Budhan9.47
Chandra10.42
Sani11.37
Guru12.32
Sevvai1.27
Suriya2.22
Sukran3.17
Budhan4.12
Chandra5.07
Sani6.02

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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