Shastra Panchangam
October 2027
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Monday
Plavanga
Aippasi
1
Thingal
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 5.52 pm, then Chaturthi
Karthigaitill 11.48 pm, then Rohini
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 7.00–8.28
Yamagandammorning 9.54–11.22
Kuligaiafternoon 12.48–2.16
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.02 am: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.34–7.00evening 5.09–6.42

Computed for Kolkata. 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, 5.34 am to 6.20 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.53 pm; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 9.18 am Tuesday.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Kolkata

Computed for Kolkata, 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

5.34–6.20 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.34–7.00 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
10.59–11.44 am; Yamagandam, Bhadra Karanam and Vyatipata Yogam also run

Avoid

7.00–8.28 am
9.54–11.22 am
11.44 am–12.32 pm
11.56 am–1.32 pm
12.48–2.16 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.03–2.51 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 6.02 am

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

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 6.02 am, until Wednesday 10.55 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise5.34 am
Sunset5.09 pm
Moonrise7.03 pm
Moonset7.55 am
SunTula Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Kolkata 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)
Tritiyai, till 5.52 pm 30–45 nazhigaiChaturthi
Karthigai, till 11.48 pm 45–35 nazhigaiRohini
Siddhi Yogam, till 11.18 am 14–20 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 6.20 am 1–56 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.53 pm caution 30–45 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 5.19 am (next day) 59–23 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kolkata

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.55–4.44 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.00–8.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.54–11.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.59–11.44 amWidely used for beginnings
11.44 am–12.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.56 am–1.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.48–2.16 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.03–2.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.26–11.00 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.34
Visham7.00
Rogam8.27
Labam29.55
Dhanam311.22
Sugam412.49
Soram2.15
Uthi53.43

Night

Sugam5.09
Soram6.42
Uthi8.16
Amirtham9.49
Visham11.21
Rogam12.54
Labam2.29
Dhanam4.02

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Śarad Ṛtu · Tulā Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Indu Vāsara · Kṛttikā

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
1203

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kanya5.34 am5.37 am
Tula5.37 am7.51 am
Vrischika7.51 am10.07 am
Dhanu10.07 am12.12 pm
Makara12.12 pm1.59 pm
Kumbha1.59 pm3.33 pm
Meena3.33 pm5.04 pm
Mesha5.04 pm6.44 pm
Vrishabha6.44 pm8.43 pm
Mithuna8.43 pm10.56 pm
Kataka10.56 pm1.12 am
Simha1.12 am3.23 am
Kanya3.23 am5.33 am
Tula5.33 am5.34 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.34
Sani6.32
Guru7.30
Sevvai8.28
Suriya9.26
Sukran10.24
Budhan11.22
Chandra12.20
Sani1.18
Guru2.16
Sevvai3.13
Suriya4.11

Night

Sukran5.09
Budhan6.11
Chandra7.14
Sani8.16
Guru9.18
Sevvai10.20
Suriya11.22
Sukran12.24
Budhan1.26
Chandra2.28
Sani3.30
Guru4.32

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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