Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
1
Velli
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 1.42 am (next day), then Amavasai
Ashwinitill 4.45 pm, then Bharani
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalammorning 10.42–12.05
Yamagandamafternoon 2.46–4.09
Kuligaimorning 8.00–9.22
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.39–8.00night 7.09–8.46

Computed for Johannesburg, in South Africa time (SAST). 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, 4.09 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.25 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Johannesburg

Computed for Johannesburg, 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

4.09–5.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.39–8.00 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.43 am–12.25 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.00–9.22 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.42 am–12.05 pm
1.08–2.35 pm
2.46–4.09 pm
1.15–2.41 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 7.17 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise6.39 am
Sunset5.29 pm
Moonrise6.09 am (next day)
Moonset4.06 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

Saturday 16 May: Amavasai.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Johannesburg 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)
Chaturdasi, till 1.42 am (next day) 47–36 nazhigaiAmavasai
Ashwini, till 4.45 pm 25–15 nazhigaiBharani
Ayushman Yogam, till 10.51 am 10–31 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.25 pm caution 21–55 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 1.42 am (next day) 47–36 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Johannesburg

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.54–5.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.00–9.22 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.15–11.41 amA favourable window
10.42 am–12.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.43 am–12.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.08–2.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.46–4.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.15–2.41 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.39
Soram8.00
Uthi29.22
Visham10.42
Amirtham312.05
Rogam1.25
Labam42.47
Dhanam4.09

Night

Rogam5.29
Labam7.09
Dhanam8.47
Sugam10.26
Soram12.04
Uthi51.44
Visham3.21
Amirtham5.01

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 4.45 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
Mesha6.39 am6.42 am
Vrishabha6.42 am9.00 am
Mithuna9.00 am11.04 am
Kataka11.04 am12.48 pm
Simha12.48 pm2.18 pm
Kanya2.18 pm3.46 pm
Tula3.46 pm5.23 pm
Vrischika5.23 pm7.20 pm
Dhanu7.20 pm9.34 pm
Makara9.34 pm11.52 pm
Kumbha11.52 pm2.07 am
Meena2.07 am4.21 am
Mesha4.21 am6.38 am
Vrishabha6.38 am6.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.39
Budhan7.33
Chandra8.27
Sani9.21
Guru10.16
Sevvai11.10
Suriya12.04
Sukran12.58
Budhan1.52
Chandra2.47
Sani3.41
Guru4.35

Night

Sevvai5.29
Suriya6.35
Sukran7.41
Budhan8.47
Chandra9.53
Sani10.58
Guru12.04
Sevvai1.10
Suriya2.16
Sukran3.22
Budhan4.28
Chandra5.33

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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