Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
2
Saturday
Parabhava
Chithirai
19
Sani
Theypirai
Prathamaitill 8.20 pm, then Dwitiyai
Visakamtill 2.40 am (next day), then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.14–11.07
Yamagandamafternoon 2.49–4.42
Kuligaimorning 5.30–7.23
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.01 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.34–8.26night 9.34–10.41

Computed for London, in UK time (BST). 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, 5.15 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 5.15 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for London

Computed for London, 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

5.15–8.26 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.29–1.27 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
6.34–8.26 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.30–7.23 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.30–7.30 am
6.17–8.04 am
9.14–11.07 am
2.49–4.42 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 8.01 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 8.01 pm, until Tuesday 8.25 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.30 am
Sunset8.26 pm
Moonrise10.07 pm
Moonset5.28 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by London's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for London 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
Sani (Saturday)
Prathamai, till 8.20 pm 37–08 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Visakam, till 2.40 am (next day) 52–58 nazhigaiAnusham
Vyatipata Yogam, till 5.15 pm caution 29–24 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 7.20 am 4–34 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.20 pm 37–08 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for London

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.18–4.53 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.30–7.23 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.30–7.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.17–8.04 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.14–11.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.29–1.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.49–4.42 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.56–6.41 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.30
Uthi17.23
Visham9.14
Amirtham211.07
Rogam12.58
Labam32.50
Dhanam44.42
Sugam6.34

Night

Labam8.26
Dhanam9.34
Sugam10.42
Soram11.49
Uthi12.58
Visham2.04
Amirtham3.13
Soram4.20

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Sthira Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha5.30 am6.06 am
Vrishabha6.06 am7.43 am
Mithuna7.43 am10.07 am
Kataka10.07 am12.55 pm
Simha12.55 pm3.46 pm
Kanya3.46 pm6.36 pm
Tula6.36 pm9.26 pm
Vrischika9.26 pm12.03 am
Dhanu12.03 am1.58 am
Makara1.58 am3.13 am
Kumbha3.13 am4.07 am
Meena4.07 am4.58 am
Mesha4.58 am5.29 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.30
Guru6.45
Sevvai8.00
Suriya9.14
Sukran10.29
Budhan11.43
Chandra12.58
Sani2.13
Guru3.27
Sevvai4.42
Suriya5.56
Sukran7.11

Night

Budhan8.26
Chandra9.11
Sani9.56
Guru10.41
Sevvai11.27
Suriya12.12
Sukran12.57
Budhan1.42
Chandra2.28
Sani3.13
Guru3.58
Sevvai4.43

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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