March 2026

Tuesday

Visvavasu

Panguni

Sevvai

Theypirai

Chaturdasitill 2.56 am (next day), then Amavasai

Sathayamtill 12.39 am (next day), then Poorattathi

Marana Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.13–4.43

Yamagandammorning 9.13–10.44

Kuligaiafternoon 12.13–1.44

ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

evening 4.43–6.13night 7.43–9.12

Computed for Leicester, in UK time (GMT). 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, 4.43 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.30 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Leicester

Computed for Leicester, 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

4.43–6.13 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

11.50 am–12.37 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

4.43–6.13 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.00–9.36 am

8.37–9.26 am

9.13–10.44 am

12.13–1.44 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

3.13–4.43 pm

11.00–11.49 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 6.07 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

Sunrise6.14 am

Sunset6.13 pm

Moonrise6.02 am (next day)

Moonset4.19 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, set by Leicester's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Leicester 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)
	Chaturdasi, till 2.56 am (next day) 51–50 nazhigai	Amavasai
	Sathayam, till 12.39 am (next day) 46–07 nazhigai	Poorattathi
	Sadhya Yogam, till 12.52 am (next day) 46–40 nazhigai	Shubha Yogam
	Bhadra Karanam, till 3.30 pm caution 23–11 nazhigai Shakuni Karanam, till 2.56 am (next day) 51–50 nazhigai
	Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Leicester

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.38–5.25 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	8.00–9.36 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	8.37–9.26 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	9.13–10.44 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.50 am–12.37 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	12.13–1.44 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	3.13–4.43 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	5.32–7.06 pm	A favourable window
	11.00–11.49 pm	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.14

Labam¹7.44

Dhanam²9.14

Sugam³10.44

Soram12.13

Uthi⁴1.44

Visham3.13

Amirtham4.43

Night

Soram6.13

Uthi7.43

Visham9.12

Amirtham⁵10.43

Rogam12.12

Labam1.43

Dhanam3.12

Sugam4.42

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Kumbha	6.14 am	6.16 am
Meena	6.16 am	7.05 am
Mesha	7.05 am	8.06 am
Vrishabha	8.06 am	9.42 am
Mithuna	9.42 am	12.06 pm
Kataka	12.06 pm	2.57 pm
Simha	2.57 pm	5.50 pm
Kanya	5.50 pm	8.43 pm
Tula	8.43 pm	11.36 pm
Vrischika	11.36 pm	2.14 am
Dhanu	2.14 am	4.09 am
Makara	4.09 am	5.21 am
Kumbha	5.21 am	6.12 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.14

Suriya7.14

Sukran8.14

Budhan9.14

Chandra10.14

Sani11.14

Guru12.13

Sevvai1.13

Suriya2.13

Sukran3.13

Budhan4.13

Chandra5.13

Night

Sani6.13

Guru7.13

Sevvai8.13

Suriya9.12

Sukran10.12

Budhan11.12

Chandra12.12

Sani1.12

Guru2.12

Sevvai3.12

Suriya4.12

Sukran5.12

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

Also

	North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
	In force all day, until Wednesday 6.07 pm