Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Friday
Plavanga
·
Velli
Valarpirai
Navamitill 7.40 pm, then Dasami
Magamtill 12.42 pm, then Pooram
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.30–12.00
Yamagandamafternoon 3.00–4.30
Kuligaimorning 7.30–9.00
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 12.15–1.15evening 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, 5.50 am to 7.24 am is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 6.34 am Saturday.

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

5.50–7.24 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.15–10.15 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
11.44 am–12.34 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vyaghata Yogam also run
12.15–1.15 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
4.45–5.45 pm; Yamagandam and Vyaghata Yogam also run
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

7.24–9.00 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 7.30–9)
10.34 am–12.09 pm (printed 10.30–12)
3.18–4.53 pm (printed 3–4.30)
8.28–10.02 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

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
Sunset6.28 pm
Moonrise1.19 pm
Moonset1.43 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonSimha 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
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 7.40 pm 34–34 nazhigaiDasami
Magam, till 12.42 pm 17–11 nazhigaiPooram
Dhruva Yogam, till 8.50 am 7–31 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 8.27 am 6–32 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 7.40 pm 34–34 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.20–5.04 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.24–9.00 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.25–11.56 am
5.48–7.20 am		A favourable window
10.34 am–12.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.44 am–12.34 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.18–4.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.28–10.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam5.50
Soram7.24
Uthi19.00
Visham10.34
Amirtham212.09
Rogam1.43
Labam33.19
Dhanam44.53

Night

Rogam6.28
Labam57.53
Dhanam69.19
Sugam10.44
Soram12.08
Uthi1.35
Visham2.59
Amirtham4.25

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 12.42 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 am5.59 am
Vrishabha5.59 am8.02 am
Mithuna8.02 am10.13 am
Kataka10.13 am12.21 pm
Simha12.21 pm2.22 pm
Kanya2.22 pm4.22 pm
Tula4.22 pm6.27 pm
Vrischika6.27 pm8.38 pm
Dhanu8.38 pm10.45 pm
Makara10.45 pm12.40 am
Kumbha12.40 am2.24 am
Meena2.24 am4.05 am
Mesha4.05 am5.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.50
Budhan6.53
Chandra7.56
Sani9.00
Guru10.03
Sevvai11.06
Suriya12.09
Sukran1.12
Budhan2.15
Chandra3.18
Sani4.21
Guru5.24

Night

Sevvai6.28
Suriya7.24
Sukran8.21
Budhan9.18
Chandra10.15
Sani11.12
Guru12.09
Sevvai1.06
Suriya2.02
Sukran2.59
Budhan3.56
Chandra4.53

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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