Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
10
Friday
Visvavasu
Panguni
28
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 27 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Ashtamitill 1.46 pm, then Navami
Uthiradamtill 4.10 am (next day), then Thiruvonam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.22–11.54
Yamagandamafternoon 2.57–4.30
Kuligaimorning 7.18–8.51
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.35 am: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.47–7.18night 7.30–8.57

Computed for Georgetown, in Guyana time. 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, 12.27 pm to 2.57 pm 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 Georgetown

Computed for Georgetown, 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

12.27–2.57 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.47–7.18 amClear of every caution
5.47–7.18 am, inside the clear stretch
8.51–10.22 amClear of every caution
11.30 am–12.18 pm; Rahu Kalam and Tyajyam also run
4.30–6.01 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.18–8.51 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.22–11.54 am
10.42 am–12.27 pm
2.57–4.30 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 8.35 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 8.35 am, until Sunday 6.15 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise5.47 am
Sunset6.01 pm
Moonrise1.13 am (next day)
Moonset12.16 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Georgetown 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)
Ashtami, till 1.46 pm 19–59 nazhigaiNavami
Uthiradam, till 4.10 am (next day) 56–00 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Shiva Yogam, till 9.01 am 8–06 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.46 pm 19–59 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 2.32 am (next day) 51–55 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.13–4.59 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.18–8.51 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.22–11.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.42 am–12.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.30 am–12.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.57–4.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.11–10.55 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam5.47
Soram7.18
Uthi8.51
Visham10.22
Amirtham111.54
Rogam1.25
Labam22.58
Dhanam4.30

Night

Rogam6.01
Labam7.30
Dhanam8.58
Sugam10.26
Soram11.53
Uthi1.22
Visham2.49
Amirtham4.18

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā

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
Meena5.47 am6.03 am
Mesha6.03 am7.56 am
Vrishabha7.56 am10.00 am
Mithuna10.00 am12.11 pm
Kataka12.11 pm2.16 pm
Simha2.16 pm4.14 pm
Kanya4.14 pm6.10 pm
Tula6.10 pm8.12 pm
Vrischika8.12 pm10.22 pm
Dhanu10.22 pm12.30 am
Makara12.30 am2.27 am
Kumbha2.27 am4.14 am
Meena4.14 am5.46 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.47
Budhan6.48
Chandra7.49
Sani8.50
Guru9.51
Sevvai10.53
Suriya11.54
Sukran12.55
Budhan1.56
Chandra2.58
Sani3.59
Guru5.00

Night

Sevvai6.01
Suriya7.00
Sukran7.59
Budhan8.57
Chandra9.56
Sani10.55
Guru11.54
Sevvai12.52
Suriya1.51
Sukran2.50
Budhan3.49
Chandra4.47

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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