Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
13
Thursday
Plavanga
Chithirai
29
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 1.48 am (next day), then Navami
Ayilyamtill 6.11 pm, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.32–2.49
Yamagandammorning 7.11–8.28
Kuligaimorning 9.43–11.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.12 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.06–5.22night 10.33–12.16 (after midnight)

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, 2.49 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 2.44 pm.

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

2.49–5.22 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.56 am–12.36 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
4.06–5.22 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.11–8.28 am
7.34–9.06 am
9.43–11.00 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.32–2.49 pm
5.41–7.14 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until 6.12 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 6.12 pm, until Saturday 10.23 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise7.11 am
Sunset5.22 pm
Moonrise1.21 pm
Moonset12.13 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka 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)
Ashtami, till 1.48 am (next day) 46–32 nazhigaiNavami
Ayilyam, till 6.11 pm 27–29 nazhigaiMagam
Vriddhi Yogam, till 3.51 pm 21–39 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 2.44 pm caution 18–52 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.48 am (next day) 46–32 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.21–6.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.11–8.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.34–9.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.43–11.00 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.56 am–12.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.32–2.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.41–6.11 pmA favourable window
5.41–7.14 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.11
Sugam28.28
Soram9.43
Uthi311.00
Amirtham412.17
Visham1.32
Rogam2.48
Labam4.06

Night

Amirtham5.22
Visham7.05
Rogam8.49
Labam10.33
Dhanam12.17
Sugam2.01
Soram3.44
Uthi55.29

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Guru Vāsara · Āśleṣā

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
Mesha7.11 am7.27 am
Vrishabha7.27 am9.51 am
Mithuna9.51 am11.53 am
Kataka11.53 am1.26 pm
Simha1.26 pm2.43 pm
Kanya2.43 pm3.57 pm
Tula3.57 pm5.23 pm
Vrischika5.23 pm7.13 pm
Dhanu7.13 pm9.30 pm
Makara9.30 pm11.59 pm
Kumbha11.59 pm2.27 am
Meena2.27 am4.54 am
Mesha4.54 am7.12 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.11
Sevvai8.02
Suriya8.53
Sukran9.44
Budhan10.35
Chandra11.25
Sani12.16
Guru1.07
Sevvai1.58
Suriya2.49
Sukran3.40
Budhan4.31

Night

Chandra5.22
Sani6.31
Guru7.40
Sevvai8.49
Suriya9.58
Sukran11.08
Budhan12.17
Chandra1.26
Sani2.35
Guru3.44
Sevvai4.54
Suriya6.03

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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