Shastra Panchangam
March 2027
8
Monday
Parabhava
Maasi
24, Amavasai
Thingal

Theypirai
Amavasaitill 2.59 pm, then Prathamai
Sathayamtill 8.35 am, then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalammorning 7.30–9.00
Yamagandammorning 10.30–12.00
Kuligaiafternoon 1.30–3.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.41 am (next day): Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Nalla Neram
morning 6.15–7.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15night 7.30–8.30

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, 6.24 am to 7.53 am is the best of the day.

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


No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
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

6.24–7.53 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.15–7.15 am
9.15–10.15 am; Rahu Kalam also runs
9.24–10.53 amClear of every caution
12.00–12.47 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.24–12.47 pmShort clear window
1.36–1.53 pmShort clear window
4.45–5.45 pm; Tyajyam also runs
5.03–6.23 pmClear of every caution
7.30–8.30 pm

Avoid

7.53–9.24 am (printed 7.30–9)
10.53 am–12.24 pm (printed 10.30–12)
12.47–1.36 pm
1.53–3.24 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 1.30–3)
3.11–4.00 pm
3.21–5.03 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 3.41 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 3.41 am, until Thursday 11.21 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.24 am
Sunset6.23 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Tuesday
Moonset6.20 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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

LimbThis dayThen
Thingal (Monday)
Amavasai, till 2.59 pm 21–30 nazhigaiPrathamai
Sathayam, till 8.35 am 5–29 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Sadhya Yogam, till 2.44 am (next day) 50–52 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 2.59 pm 21–30 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 3.24 am (next day) 52–32 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.48–5.35 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.53–9.24 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.53 am–12.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.00–12.47 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.47–1.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.53–3.24 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.11–4.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.21–5.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.31–3.12 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.24
Visham7.53
Rogam9.23
Labam110.54
Dhanam212.24
Sugam31.54
Soram3.23
Uthi44.54

Night

Sugam6.23
Soram7.53
Uthi9.24
Amirtham10.54
Visham12.23
Rogam1.53
Labam3.24
Dhanam4.54

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Indu Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 8.35 am, 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
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha6.24 am6.51 am
Meena6.51 am8.32 am
Mesha8.32 am10.22 am
Vrishabha10.22 am12.25 pm
Mithuna12.25 pm2.36 pm
Kataka2.36 pm4.44 pm
Simha4.44 pm6.45 pm
Kanya6.45 pm8.45 pm
Tula8.45 pm10.50 pm
Vrischika10.50 pm1.01 am
Dhanu1.01 am3.09 am
Makara3.09 am5.03 am
Kumbha5.03 am6.23 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.24
Sani7.24
Guru8.24
Sevvai9.24
Suriya10.23
Sukran11.23
Budhan12.23
Chandra1.23
Sani2.23
Guru3.23
Sevvai4.23
Suriya5.23

Night

Sukran6.23
Budhan7.23
Chandra8.23
Sani9.23
Guru10.23
Sevvai11.23
Suriya12.23
Sukran1.23
Budhan2.23
Chandra3.23
Sani4.23
Guru5.23

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Tuesday 3.41 am

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