Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Monday
Plavanga
Vaikasi
3
Thingal
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 3.34 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Chithiraitill 11.13 pm, then Swathi

Pradosham

Rahu Kalammorning 7.34–9.20
Yamagandammorning 11.04–12.50
Kuligaiafternoon 2.34–4.20
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.04 am: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.05–7.49night 10.20–11.34

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, 9.20 am to 11.04 am is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 11.26 am Tuesday.

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

9.20–11.04 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.50–7.03 amClear of every caution
12.22–1.17 pm; Yamagandam and Vyatipata Yogam also run
6.05–7.49 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.03–8.41 am
7.34–9.20 am
11.04 am–12.50 pm
1.17–2.14 pm
2.34–4.20 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.05–5.02 pm
4.57–6.36 am, early Tuesday

Chandrashtamam

until 11.04 am

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

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 11.04 am, until Wednesday 6.34 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

Sunrise5.50 am
Sunset7.49 pm
Moonrise5.34 pm
Moonset4.14 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

LimbThis dayThen
Thingal (Monday)
Trayodasi, till 3.34 am (next day) 54–23 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Chithirai, till 11.13 pm 43–29 nazhigaiSwathi
Siddhi Yogam, till 12.41 pm 17–07 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 3.44 pm 24–45 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 3.34 am (next day) 54–23 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.30–5.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.03–8.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.34–9.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.04 am–12.50 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.22–1.17 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.17–2.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.34–4.20 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.05–5.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.46–6.22 pmA favourable window
4.57–6.36 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.50
Visham7.34
Rogam9.19
Labam211.05
Dhanam312.50
Sugam42.35
Soram4.19
Uthi56.05

Night

Sugam7.49
Soram9.04
Uthi10.20
Amirtham11.35
Visham12.49
Rogam2.04
Labam3.20
Dhanam64.35

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Citrā

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Vrishabha5.50 am7.40 am
Mithuna7.40 am9.56 am
Kataka9.56 am12.21 pm
Simha12.21 pm2.44 pm
Kanya2.44 pm5.07 pm
Tula5.07 pm7.32 pm
Vrischika7.32 pm9.53 pm
Dhanu9.53 pm11.56 pm
Makara11.56 pm1.33 am
Kumbha1.33 am2.55 am
Meena2.55 am4.13 am
Mesha4.13 am5.43 am
Vrishabha5.43 am5.49 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.50
Sani7.00
Guru8.10
Sevvai9.20
Suriya10.30
Sukran11.40
Budhan12.50
Chandra2.00
Sani3.10
Guru4.19
Sevvai5.29
Suriya6.39

Night

Sukran7.49
Budhan8.39
Chandra9.29
Sani10.19
Guru11.09
Sevvai11.59
Suriya12.49
Sukran1.39
Budhan2.29
Chandra3.19
Sani4.09
Guru4.59

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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