Shastra Panchangam
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Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
16
Sani
Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 4.28 pm, then Pournami
Visakamtill 5.51 pm, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.51–11.05
Yamagandamafternoon 1.30–2.44
Kuligaimorning 7.25–8.38
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.09 am: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.44–3.57evening 5.10–6.57

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, 11.05 am to 1.30 pm is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 9.06 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.36 am Sunday.

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

11.05 am–1.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.06–9.51 amShort clear window
11.58 am–12.37 pm
2.44–4.28 pmClear of every caution
2.44–3.57 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.25–8.38 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.25–8.43 am
9.51–11.05 am
1.30–2.44 pm
10.19 pm–12.07 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 11.09 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 11.09 am, until Monday 11.39 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

Sunrise7.25 am
Sunset5.10 pm
Moonrise4.05 pm
Moonset7.14 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 31 May: Pournami.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturdasi, till 4.28 pm 22–39 nazhigaiPournami
Visakam, till 5.51 pm 26–04 nazhigaiAnusham
Parigha Yogam, till 9.06 am caution 4–13 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 4.28 pm 22–39 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.36 am (next day) caution 55–26 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.31–6.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.25–8.38 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.25–8.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.04–9.49 amA favourable window
9.51–11.05 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.58 am–12.37 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.30–2.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.19 pm–12.07 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.25
Uthi18.38
Visham9.51
Amirtham11.05
Rogam12.17
Labam21.31
Dhanam2.44
Sugam33.58

Night

Labam5.10
Dhanam6.58
Sugam48.45
Soram10.30
Uthi12.18
Visham2.04
Amirtham3.52
Soram5.38

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Vrishabha7.25 am8.43 am
Mithuna8.43 am10.45 am
Kataka10.45 am12.19 pm
Simha12.19 pm1.35 pm
Kanya1.35 pm2.49 pm
Tula2.49 pm4.15 pm
Vrischika4.15 pm6.05 pm
Dhanu6.05 pm8.23 pm
Makara8.23 pm10.51 pm
Kumbha10.51 pm1.19 am
Meena1.19 am3.46 am
Mesha3.46 am6.16 am
Vrishabha6.16 am7.25 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.25
Guru8.13
Sevvai9.02
Suriya9.51
Sukran10.40
Budhan11.29
Chandra12.18
Sani1.06
Guru1.55
Sevvai2.44
Suriya3.33
Sukran4.22

Night

Budhan5.10
Chandra6.22
Sani7.33
Guru8.44
Sevvai9.55
Suriya11.07
Sukran12.18
Budhan1.29
Chandra2.40
Sani3.52
Guru5.03
Sevvai6.14

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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