April 2027

Monday

Plavanga

Chithirai

Thingal

Valarpirai

Trayodasitill 10.39 am, then Chaturdasi

Uthiramtill 9.45 am, then Hastham

Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalammorning 8.11–9.35

Yamagandammorning 10.56–12.20

Kuligaiafternoon 1.41–3.04

ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters

SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd

Gowri Nalla Neram

evening 4.27–5.49night 9.05–10.41

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs all day, till 12.15 am Tuesday. 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 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

11.58 am–12.41 pm; Yamagandam and Vyaghata Yogam also run

4.27–5.49 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.11–9.35 am

10.56 am–12.20 pm

12.41–1.26 pm

1.41–3.04 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

2.52–3.37 pm

5.57–7.31 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 9.02 pm

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

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise6.50 am

Sunset5.49 pm

Moonrise4.39 pm

Moonset5.47 am (next day)

SunMesha Rasi

MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 20 April: 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Thingal (Monday)
	Trayodasi, till 10.39 am 9–33 nazhigai	Chaturdasi
	Uthiram, till 9.45 am 7–19 nazhigai	Hastham
	Vyaghata Yogam, till 12.15 am (next day) caution 43–31 nazhigai	Harshana Yogam
	Taitila Karanam, till 10.39 am 9–33 nazhigai Gara Karanam, till 9.58 pm 37–50 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

Window	Time	Traditional use
	5.06–5.57 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	8.11–9.35 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	10.56 am–12.20 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.58 am–12.41 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	12.41–1.26 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	1.41–3.04 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	2.52–3.37 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	5.57–7.31 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	3.20–4.53 am	A favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham¹6.50

Visham8.11

Rogam9.34

Labam²10.57

Dhanam³12.20

Sugam⁴1.42

Soram3.03

Uthi⁵4.27

Night

Sugam⁶5.49

Soram7.26

Uthi9.05

Amirtham10.42

Visham12.19

Rogam1.57

Labam3.36

Dhanam5.13

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī (Hasta from 9.45 am, computed)

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 sign	From	To
Mesha	6.50 am	9.02 am
Vrishabha	9.02 am	11.25 am
Mithuna	11.25 am	1.27 pm
Kataka	1.27 pm	3.01 pm
Simha	3.01 pm	4.18 pm
Kanya	4.18 pm	5.32 pm
Tula	5.32 pm	6.57 pm
Vrischika	6.57 pm	8.48 pm
Dhanu	8.48 pm	11.05 pm
Makara	11.05 pm	1.34 am
Kumbha	1.34 am	4.01 am
Meena	4.01 am	6.29 am
Mesha	6.29 am	6.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.50

Sani7.44

Guru8.39

Sevvai9.34

Suriya10.29

Sukran11.24

Budhan12.19

Chandra1.14

Sani2.09

Guru3.04

Sevvai3.59

Suriya4.54

Night

Sukran5.49

Budhan6.54

Chandra7.59

Sani9.04

Guru10.09

Sevvai11.14

Suriya12.20

Sukran1.25

Budhan2.30

Chandra3.35

Sani4.40

Guru5.45

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd