May 2026

Wednesday

Parabhava

Vaikasi

Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 13 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Valarpirai

Dwadasitill 7.27 pm, then Trayodasi

Chithiraitill 7.39 pm, then Swathi

Siddha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.50–2.37

Yamagandammorning 7.30–9.18

Kuligaimorning 11.03–12.51

ChandrashtamamUntil 6.31 am: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 5.44–7.30evening 7.57–9.09

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, 2.56 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 2.56 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

2.56–7.57 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

5.44–7.30 am; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.30–9.18 am

11.03 am–12.51 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

12.21–1.19 pm

12.50–2.37 pm

1.49–3.36 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 6.31 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 6.31 am, until Friday 6.09 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise5.44 am

Sunset7.57 pm

Moonrise5.02 pm

Moonset3.40 am (next day)

SunVrishabha Rasi

MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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

Limb	This day	Then
	Budhan (Wednesday)
	Dwadasi, till 7.27 pm 34–19 nazhigai	Trayodasi
	Chithirai, till 7.39 pm 34–47 nazhigai	Swathi
	Vyatipata Yogam, till 2.56 pm caution 22–58 nazhigai	Variyan Yogam
	Bava Karanam, till 6.37 am 2–13 nazhigai Balava Karanam, till 7.27 pm 34–19 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.26–5.04 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	7.30–9.18 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.03 am–12.51 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	12.21–1.19 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.40–2.24 pm	A favourable window
	12.50–2.37 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	1.49–3.36 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day	Widely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam¹5.44

Dhanam²7.31

Sugam³9.18

Soram11.03

Visham12.50

Uthi⁴2.37

Amirtham4.24

Rogam6.09

Night

Uthi7.57

Amirtham9.10

Rogam10.23

Labam11.37

Dhanam⁵12.51

Sugam⁶2.04

Soram3.16

Visham4.30

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 7.39 pm, 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 sign	From	To
Vrishabha	5.44 am	7.00 am
Mithuna	7.00 am	9.16 am
Kataka	9.16 am	11.41 am
Simha	11.41 am	2.04 pm
Kanya	2.04 pm	4.26 pm
Tula	4.26 pm	6.51 pm
Vrischika	6.51 pm	9.13 pm
Dhanu	9.13 pm	11.15 pm
Makara	11.15 pm	12.53 am
Kumbha	12.53 am	2.14 am
Meena	2.14 am	3.33 am
Mesha	3.33 am	5.03 am
Vrishabha	5.03 am	5.44 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.44

Chandra6.55

Sani8.06

Guru9.17

Sevvai10.28

Suriya11.39

Sukran12.50

Budhan2.01

Chandra3.12

Sani4.23

Guru5.34

Sevvai6.45

Night

Suriya7.57

Sukran8.45

Budhan9.34

Chandra10.23

Sani11.12

Guru12.01

Sevvai12.50

Suriya1.39

Sukran2.28

Budhan3.17

Chandra4.06

Sani4.55

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk