Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
13
Thursday
Plavanga
·
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 9.18 pm, then Navami
Ayilyamtill 1.41 pm, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Yamagandammorning 6.00–7.30
Kuligaimorning 9.00–10.30
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.42 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45afternoon 12.15–1.15
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.30–11.30evening 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, 10.35 am to 1.43 pm is the best of the day, with the Nalla Neram of 10.45–11.45 am inside it.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.14 am.

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

10.35 am–1.43 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.30–11.30 am; Kuligai also runs
10.45–11.45 am, inside the clear stretch
11.44 am–12.34 pm
12.15–1.15 pm, inside the clear stretch
3.19–6.27 pmClear of every caution
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

5.50–7.25 am (printed 6–7.30)
8.59–10.35 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 9–10.30)
1.43–3.19 pm (printed 1.30–3)
1.11–2.44 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 1.42 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 1.42 pm, until Saturday 5.53 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.50 am
Sunset6.27 pm
Moonrise12.25 pm
Moonset1.00 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Ashtami, till 9.18 pm 38–40 nazhigaiNavami
Ayilyam, till 1.41 pm 19–37 nazhigaiMagam
Vriddhi Yogam, till 11.21 am 13–46 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.14 am caution 10–59 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 9.18 pm 38–40 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.20–5.04 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.50–7.25 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.59–10.35 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.44 am–12.34 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.11–1.41 pmA favourable window
1.43–3.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.11–2.44 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.50
Sugam27.25
Soram8.59
Uthi10.35
Amirtham12.09
Visham1.43
Rogam3.18
Labam4.53

Night

Amirtham6.27
Visham7.52
Rogam9.18
Labam10.44
Dhanam312.09
Sugam41.35
Soram2.59
Uthi4.25

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Āśleṣā (Maghā from 1.41 pm, computed)

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
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha5.50 am6.03 am
Vrishabha6.03 am8.06 am
Mithuna8.06 am10.17 am
Kataka10.17 am12.25 pm
Simha12.25 pm2.26 pm
Kanya2.26 pm4.26 pm
Tula4.26 pm6.31 pm
Vrischika6.31 pm8.42 pm
Dhanu8.42 pm10.49 pm
Makara10.49 pm12.44 am
Kumbha12.44 am2.28 am
Meena2.28 am4.09 am
Mesha4.09 am5.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.50
Sevvai6.53
Suriya7.57
Sukran9.00
Budhan10.03
Chandra11.06
Sani12.09
Guru1.12
Sevvai2.15
Suriya3.18
Sukran4.21
Budhan5.24

Night

Chandra6.27
Sani7.24
Guru8.21
Sevvai9.18
Suriya10.15
Sukran11.12
Budhan12.09
Chandra1.06
Sani2.03
Guru2.59
Sevvai3.56
Suriya4.53

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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