Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
25
Wednesday
Visvavasu
Panguni
12
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 11 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 11.19 pm, then Navami
Thiruvathiraitill 3.49 am (next day), then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.59–2.32
Yamagandammorning 8.21–9.55
Kuligaimorning 11.26–1.00
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.49–8.21evening 7.09–8.36

Computed for Los Angeles, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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, 2.33 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.18 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Los Angeles

Computed for Los Angeles, 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

2.33–7.09 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.49–8.21 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

8.21–9.55 am
11.26 am–1.00 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.34–1.24 pm
12.59–2.32 pm
1.01–2.33 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 9.07 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise6.49 am
Sunset7.09 pm
Moonrise11.43 am
Moonset2.54 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Los Angeles 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Ashtami, till 11.19 pm 41–17 nazhigaiNavami
Thiruvathirai, till 3.49 am (next day) 52–33 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Saubhagya Yogam, till 2.40 pm 19–37 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.18 pm caution 13–42 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 11.19 pm 41–17 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.16–6.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.21–9.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.26 am–1.00 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.34–1.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.59–2.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.01–2.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.21–7.51 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.49
Dhanam28.22
Sugam39.55
Soram11.26
Visham12.59
Uthi42.32
Amirtham4.04
Rogam5.36

Night

Uthi7.09
Amirtham8.37
Rogam10.03
Labam11.31
Dhanam12.59
Sugam2.26
Soram3.53
Visham5.20

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Saumya Vāsara · Ārdrā

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
Meena6.49 am7.45 am
Mesha7.45 am9.15 am
Vrishabha9.15 am11.07 am
Mithuna11.07 am1.23 pm
Kataka1.23 pm3.48 pm
Simha3.48 pm6.12 pm
Kanya6.12 pm8.34 pm
Tula8.34 pm10.59 pm
Vrischika10.59 pm1.20 am
Dhanu1.20 am3.23 am
Makara3.23 am5.00 am
Kumbha5.00 am6.22 am
Meena6.22 am6.48 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.49
Chandra7.51
Sani8.53
Guru9.54
Sevvai10.56
Suriya11.57
Sukran12.59
Budhan2.01
Chandra3.02
Sani4.04
Guru5.06
Sevvai6.07

Night

Suriya7.09
Sukran8.07
Budhan9.05
Chandra10.04
Sani11.02
Guru12.00
Sevvai12.58
Suriya1.57
Sukran2.55
Budhan3.53
Chandra4.51
Sani5.50

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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