Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
27
Tuesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
13
Sevvai
Theypirai
Shashtitill 2.28 pm, then Saptami
Pooradamtill 6.55 pm, then Uthiradam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.58–4.19
Yamagandammorning 9.37–10.58
Kuligaiafternoon 12.17–1.38
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.42 am (next day): Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 1.38–2.58night 7.19–8.58

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, 6.57 am to 9.05 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.44 am Wednesday.

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

6.57–9.05 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.58 am–12.17 pmClear of every caution
11.57 am–12.39 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.38–2.27 pmShort clear window
1.38–2.58 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

9.05–9.48 am
9.37–10.58 am
12.17–1.38 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.58–4.19 pm
10.58–11.52 pm, in the evening
3.57–5.46 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 1.42 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 1.42 am, until Friday 2.25 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise6.57 am
Sunset5.39 pm
Moonrise10.24 pm
Moonset12.37 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonDhanu 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Shashti, till 2.28 pm 18–47 nazhigaiSaptami
Pooradam, till 6.55 pm 29–56 nazhigaiUthiradam
Siddha Yogam, till 8.13 pm 33–09 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 2.28 pm 18–47 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.44 am (next day) caution 51–55 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.11–6.03 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.05–9.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.37–10.58 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.57 am–12.39 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.17–1.38 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.33–3.20 pmA favourable window
2.58–4.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.58–11.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.57–5.46 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.57
Labam18.17
Dhanam29.38
Sugam10.58
Soram12.17
Uthi31.38
Visham2.58
Amirtham44.19

Night

Soram5.39
Uthi7.19
Visham8.58
Amirtham510.39
Rogam12.18
Labam1.58
Dhanam63.38
Sugam75.18

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā

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
Mesha6.57 am8.30 am
Vrishabha8.30 am10.54 am
Mithuna10.54 am12.56 pm
Kataka12.56 pm2.29 pm
Simha2.29 pm3.46 pm
Kanya3.46 pm5.00 pm
Tula5.00 pm6.26 pm
Vrischika6.26 pm8.16 pm
Dhanu8.16 pm10.33 pm
Makara10.33 pm1.02 am
Kumbha1.02 am3.30 am
Meena3.30 am5.57 am
Mesha5.57 am6.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.57
Suriya7.50
Sukran8.44
Budhan9.37
Chandra10.31
Sani11.24
Guru12.18
Sevvai1.11
Suriya2.05
Sukran2.58
Budhan3.52
Chandra4.45

Night

Sani5.39
Guru6.45
Sevvai7.52
Suriya8.58
Sukran10.05
Budhan11.12
Chandra12.18
Sani1.25
Guru2.31
Sevvai3.38
Suriya4.44
Sukran5.51

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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