March 2026

Tuesday

Visvavasu

Panguni

Sevvai

Theypirai

Trayodasitill 9.24 am, then Chaturdasi

Avittamtill 6.22 am, then Sathayam

Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.00–4.30

Yamagandammorning 9.00–10.30

Kuligaiafternoon 12.00–1.30

ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Nalla Neram

morning 7.45–8.45evening 4.45–5.45

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Kumbakonam. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 6.18 am to 8.43 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.00 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Kumbakonam

Computed for Kumbakonam, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

6.18–8.43 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

7.45–8.45 am; Durmuhurtham also runs

10.45–11.45 am; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

11.57 am–12.45 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

4.45–5.45 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run

6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

8.43–9.32 am

9.19–10.51 am (printed 9–10.30)

12.20–1.52 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 12–1.30)

1.30–3.06 pm

3.22–4.53 pm (printed 3–4.30)

11.09–11.57 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise6.18 am

Sunset6.23 pm

Moonrise5.39 am (next day)

Moonset4.55 pm

SunMeena Rasi

MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

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

Wednesday 18 March: Amavasai.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Kumbakonam 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Sevvai (Tuesday)
	Trayodasi, till 9.24 am 7–43 nazhigai	Chaturdasi
	Avittam, till 6.22 am 0–10 nazhigai Sathayam, till 6.09 am (next day) 59–39 nazhigai	Poorattathi
	Siddha Yogam, till 8.15 am 4–52 nazhigai Sadhya Yogam, till 6.22 am (next day) 60–11 nazhigai	Shubha Yogam
	Vanija Karanam, till 9.24 am 7–43 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 9.00 pm caution 36–43 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.44–5.30 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	8.43–9.32 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	9.19–10.51 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.57 am–12.45 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	12.20–1.52 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	1.30–3.06 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	3.22–4.53 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.02 pm–12.36 am	A favourable window
	11.09–11.57 pm	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.18

Labam¹7.50

Dhanam²9.20

Sugam³10.51

Soram12.20

Uthi⁴1.52

Visham3.22

Amirtham⁵4.53

Night

Soram6.23

Uthi7.53

Visham9.21

Amirtham⁶10.52

Rogam12.20

Labam1.50

Dhanam3.20

Sugam4.49

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Durmuhurtham.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 6.22 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 sign	From	To
Meena	6.18 am	7.56 am
Mesha	7.56 am	9.46 am
Vrishabha	9.46 am	11.49 am
Mithuna	11.49 am	2.00 pm
Kataka	2.00 pm	4.08 pm
Simha	4.08 pm	6.09 pm
Kanya	6.09 pm	8.09 pm
Tula	8.09 pm	10.14 pm
Vrischika	10.14 pm	12.25 am
Dhanu	12.25 am	2.32 am
Makara	2.32 am	4.27 am
Kumbha	4.27 am	6.11 am
Meena	6.11 am	6.18 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.18

Suriya7.19

Sukran8.19

Budhan9.20

Chandra10.20

Sani11.20

Guru12.21

Sevvai1.21

Suriya2.22

Sukran3.22

Budhan4.23

Chandra5.23

Night

Sani6.23

Guru7.23

Sevvai8.22

Suriya9.22

Sukran10.22

Budhan11.21

Chandra12.21

Sani1.20

Guru2.20

Sevvai3.19

Suriya4.19

Sukran5.18

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

Also

	North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
	In force all day, until Wednesday 11.37 pm