Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
8
Saturday
Plavanga
Chithirai
24
Sani
Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 4.13 pm, then Tritiyai
Rohinitill 2.23 am (next day), then Mirugaseeridam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.41–11.00
Yamagandamafternoon 1.33–2.52
Kuligaimorning 7.07–8.25
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.09–5.26night 8.29–8.51

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, 8.30 am to 9.41 am is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 7.08 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

8.30–9.41 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.56 am–12.37 pm; Atiganda Yogam also runs
4.09–5.26 pm; Atiganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.07–8.25 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.07–8.30 am
9.41–11.00 am
1.33–2.52 pm
6.59–8.29 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 1.27 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise7.07 am
Sunset5.26 pm
Moonrise9.12 am
Moonset6.21 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonVrishabha 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
Sani (Saturday)
Dwitiyai, till 4.13 pm 22–46 nazhigaiTritiyai
Rohini, till 2.23 am (next day) 48–10 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Shobhana Yogam, till 10.22 am 8–07 nazhigai
Atiganda Yogam, till 7.08 am (next day) caution 59–59 nazhigai		Sukarma Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.13 pm 22–46 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 2.54 am (next day) 49–27 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.18–6.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.07–8.25 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.07–8.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.41–11.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.56 am–12.37 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.33–2.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.59–8.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.26 pm–12.54 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.07
Uthi18.25
Visham9.41
Amirtham211.00
Rogam12.16
Labam31.34
Dhanam42.52
Sugam54.09

Night

Labam65.26
Dhanam77.09
Sugam8.52
Soram10.34
Uthi12.17
Visham1.59
Amirtham3.43
Soram5.24

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Rohiṇī

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
Mesha7.07 am7.47 am
Vrishabha7.47 am10.11 am
Mithuna10.11 am12.12 pm
Kataka12.12 pm1.46 pm
Simha1.46 pm3.03 pm
Kanya3.03 pm4.17 pm
Tula4.17 pm5.43 pm
Vrischika5.43 pm7.33 pm
Dhanu7.33 pm9.50 pm
Makara9.50 pm12.19 am
Kumbha12.19 am2.47 am
Meena2.47 am5.14 am
Mesha5.14 am7.08 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.07
Guru7.58
Sevvai8.50
Suriya9.42
Sukran10.33
Budhan11.25
Chandra12.16
Sani1.08
Guru2.00
Sevvai2.51
Suriya3.43
Sukran4.35

Night

Budhan5.26
Chandra6.35
Sani7.43
Guru8.52
Sevvai10.00
Suriya11.08
Sukran12.17
Budhan1.25
Chandra2.34
Sani3.42
Guru4.51
Sevvai5.59

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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