Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
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Monday
Visvavasu
Panguni
2
Thingal

Theypirai
Dwadasitill 9.41 am, then Trayodasi
Thiruvonamtill 5.56 am, then Avittam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalammorning 6.52–8.23
Yamagandammorning 9.52–11.24
Kuligaiafternoon 12.53–2.24
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.15 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.54–5.24night 8.24–9.52

Computed for Imphal. 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, 3.00 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 Imphal

Computed for Imphal, 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

3.00–5.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.23–6.52 amClear of every caution
8.23–9.52 amClear of every caution
11.00–11.47 am; Yamagandam and Tyajyam also run
11.39–11.47 amShort clear window
12.36–12.53 pmShort clear window
3.54–5.24 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.52–8.23 am
9.52–11.24 am
10.00–11.39 am
11.47 am–12.36 pm
12.53–2.24 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.11–3.00 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 6.15 pm

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

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 6.15 pm, until Wednesday 11.37 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise5.23 am
Sunset5.24 pm
Moonrise4.12 am (next day)
Moonset2.45 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Tuesday 17 March: Masa Sivaratri.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Imphal 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
Thingal (Monday)
Dwadasi, till 9.41 am 10–48 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Thiruvonam, till 5.56 am 1–25 nazhigaiAvittam
Shiva Yogam, till 9.37 am 10–36 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 9.41 am 10–48 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 9.38 pm 40–40 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Imphal

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.47–4.34 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.52–8.23 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.52–11.24 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.00–11.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.00–11.47 amWidely used for beginnings
11.47 am–12.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.53–2.24 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.11–3.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.48–9.24 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham5.23
Visham6.52
Rogam8.22
Labam19.53
Dhanam211.24
Sugam312.54
Soram2.23
Uthi3.54

Night

Sugam5.24
Soram6.53
Uthi8.24
Amirtham9.53
Visham11.22
Rogam12.52
Labam2.23
Dhanam3.52

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Indu Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 5.56 am, computed)

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

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha5.23 am5.23 am
Meena5.23 am6.52 am
Mesha6.52 am8.30 am
Vrishabha8.30 am10.28 am
Mithuna10.28 am12.42 pm
Kataka12.42 pm2.59 pm
Simha2.59 pm5.12 pm
Kanya5.12 pm7.25 pm
Tula7.25 pm9.41 pm
Vrischika9.41 pm11.58 pm
Dhanu11.58 pm2.02 am
Makara2.02 am3.48 am
Kumbha3.48 am5.19 am
Meena5.19 am5.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.23
Sani6.23
Guru7.23
Sevvai8.23
Suriya9.23
Sukran10.23
Budhan11.23
Chandra12.23
Sani1.23
Guru2.23
Sevvai3.24
Suriya4.24

Night

Sukran5.24
Budhan6.24
Chandra7.23
Sani8.23
Guru9.23
Sevvai10.23
Suriya11.23
Sukran12.22
Budhan1.22
Chandra2.22
Sani3.22
Guru4.22

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force from 6.14 pm, until Monday 11.37 pm

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