Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
22
Thursday
Plavanga
Chithirai
8
Viyazhan
Theypirai
Prathamaitill 8.01 am, then Dwitiyai
Swathitill 9.14 am, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.40–3.02
Yamagandammorning 6.52–8.14
Kuligaimorning 9.35–10.57
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.48 am (next day): Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.14–9.35evening 5.45–7.23

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, 10.57 am to 1.40 pm is the best of the day.

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

10.57 am–1.40 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.14–9.35 amClear of every caution
8.14–9.35 am, inside the clear stretch
11.57 am–12.40 pm
4.41–5.45 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.52–8.14 am
9.35–10.57 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.40–3.02 pm
3.01–4.41 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 3.48 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 3.48 am, until Sunday 1.28 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

Sunrise6.52 am
Sunset5.45 pm
Moonrise6.11 pm
Moonset8.02 am
SunMesha 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Prathamai, till 8.01 am 2–51 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Swathi, till 9.14 am 5–55 nazhigaiVisakam
Siddhi Yogam, till 7.28 pm 31–28 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.01 am 2–51 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 8.00 pm 32–47 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.08–5.59 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.52–8.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.35–10.57 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.57 am–12.40 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.40–3.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.01–4.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.57–2.36 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.52
Sugam8.14
Soram9.35
Uthi10.57
Amirtham12.19
Visham1.40
Rogam3.01
Labam24.24

Night

Amirtham5.45
Visham7.23
Rogam9.01
Labam10.41
Dhanam12.19
Sugam1.58
Soram3.36
Uthi5.15

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Guru Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 9.14 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 signFromTo
Mesha6.52 am8.50 am
Vrishabha8.50 am11.14 am
Mithuna11.14 am1.15 pm
Kataka1.15 pm2.49 pm
Simha2.49 pm4.06 pm
Kanya4.06 pm5.20 pm
Tula5.20 pm6.45 pm
Vrischika6.45 pm8.36 pm
Dhanu8.36 pm10.53 pm
Makara10.53 pm1.22 am
Kumbha1.22 am3.50 am
Meena3.50 am6.17 am
Mesha6.17 am6.53 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.52
Sevvai7.47
Suriya8.41
Sukran9.35
Budhan10.30
Chandra11.24
Sani12.19
Guru1.13
Sevvai2.07
Suriya3.02
Sukran3.56
Budhan4.50

Night

Chandra5.45
Sani6.51
Guru7.56
Sevvai9.02
Suriya10.08
Sukran11.13
Budhan12.19
Chandra1.25
Sani2.30
Guru3.36
Sevvai4.42
Suriya5.47

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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