Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
4
Saturday
Visvavasu
Panguni
22
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 21 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 11.30 pm, then Chaturthi
Swathitill 9.06 am, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.45–11.22
Yamagandamafternoon 2.31–4.07
Kuligaimorning 6.36–8.11
ChandrashtamamUntil 4.59 am (next day): Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.22–12.56evening 7.16–8.41

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vajra Yogam runs all day, till 2.14 am Sunday; Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.31 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

11.22 am–12.56 pm; Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
12.31–1.21 pm; Vajra Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

6.36–8.11 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.36–8.18 am
9.45–11.22 am
2.31–4.07 pm
3.17–5.04 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 4.59 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 4.59 am, until Tuesday 5.25 pm

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

Sunrise6.36 am
Sunset7.16 pm
Moonrise10.18 pm
Moonset7.36 am
SunMeena Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 5 April: Sankatahara Chaturthi.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Tritiyai, till 11.30 pm 42–19 nazhigaiChaturthi
Swathi, till 9.06 am 6–15 nazhigaiVisakam
Vajra Yogam, till 2.14 am (next day) caution 49–08 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.32 am 9–51 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.31 pm caution 42–19 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.06–5.50 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.36–8.11 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.36–8.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.45–11.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.31–1.21 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.31–4.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.17–5.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.55–3.40 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.36
Uthi18.11
Visham9.45
Amirtham211.22
Rogam12.56
Labam32.32
Dhanam44.07
Sugam55.42

Night

Labam7.16
Dhanam8.42
Sugam10.06
Soram11.30
Uthi12.56
Visham2.20
Amirtham3.45
Soram5.09

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 9.06 am, computed)

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
Meena6.36 am7.05 am
Mesha7.05 am8.35 am
Vrishabha8.35 am10.28 am
Mithuna10.28 am12.44 pm
Kataka12.44 pm3.09 pm
Simha3.09 pm5.32 pm
Kanya5.32 pm7.55 pm
Tula7.55 pm10.20 pm
Vrischika10.20 pm12.41 am
Dhanu12.41 am2.44 am
Makara2.44 am4.21 am
Kumbha4.21 am5.43 am
Meena5.43 am6.34 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.36
Guru7.39
Sevvai8.43
Suriya9.46
Sukran10.49
Budhan11.53
Chandra12.56
Sani1.59
Guru3.03
Sevvai4.06
Suriya5.10
Sukran6.13

Night

Budhan7.16
Chandra8.13
Sani9.09
Guru10.06
Sevvai11.02
Suriya11.59
Sukran12.55
Budhan1.52
Chandra2.48
Sani3.45
Guru4.41
Sevvai5.38

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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