Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
15
Velli
Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 2.21 pm, then Chaturdasi
Swathitill 3.08 pm, then Visakam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.04–12.18
Yamagandamafternoon 2.44–3.58
Kuligaimorning 8.37–9.51
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.24–8.37night 6.58–8.44

Computed for Melbourne, in Melbourne time (AEST). 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, 7.24 am to 8.24 am is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 9.06 am Saturday.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Melbourne

Computed for Melbourne, 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

7.24–8.24 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.24–8.37 am; Parigha Yogam also runs
11.58 am–12.36 pm; Rahu Kalam and Parigha Yogam also run

Avoid

8.37–9.51 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.04 am–12.18 pm
2.44–3.58 pm
9.22–11.09 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 11.09 am

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

Sunrise7.24 am
Sunset5.11 pm
Moonrise3.32 pm
Moonset6.14 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Melbourne 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
Velli (Friday)
Trayodasi, till 2.21 pm 17–23 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Swathi, till 3.08 pm 19–20 nazhigaiVisakam
Variyan Yogam, till 8.25 am 2–32 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 2.21 pm 17–23 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 3.23 am (next day) 49–57 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.31–6.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.37–9.51 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.04 am–12.18 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.58 am–12.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.44–3.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.22–11.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam17.24
Soram8.37
Uthi29.51
Visham11.04
Amirtham312.18
Rogam1.30
Labam42.45
Dhanam53.58

Night

Rogam5.11
Labam6.58
Dhanam68.45
Sugam710.31
Soram12.17
Uthi2.05
Visham3.51
Amirtham5.38

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Parigha Yogam; 2 Parigha Yogam; 3 Parigha Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Parigha Yogam; 5 Parigha Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 3.08 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 signFromTo
Vrishabha7.24 am8.47 am
Mithuna8.47 am10.49 am
Kataka10.49 am12.23 pm
Simha12.23 pm1.39 pm
Kanya1.39 pm2.53 pm
Tula2.53 pm4.19 pm
Vrischika4.19 pm6.09 pm
Dhanu6.09 pm8.26 pm
Makara8.26 pm10.55 pm
Kumbha10.55 pm1.23 am
Meena1.23 am3.50 am
Mesha3.50 am6.19 am
Vrishabha6.19 am7.25 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.24
Budhan8.13
Chandra9.02
Sani9.51
Guru10.40
Sevvai11.28
Suriya12.17
Sukran1.06
Budhan1.55
Chandra2.44
Sani3.33
Guru4.22

Night

Sevvai5.11
Suriya6.22
Sukran7.33
Budhan8.44
Chandra9.55
Sani11.07
Guru12.18
Sevvai1.29
Suriya2.40
Sukran3.51
Budhan5.02
Chandra6.14

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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