Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Friday
Plavanga
Chithirai
30
Velli
Valarpirai
Navamitill 12.10 am (next day), then Dasami
Magamtill 5.12 pm, then Pooram
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.00–12.17
Yamagandamafternoon 2.48–4.05
Kuligaimorning 8.27–9.45
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.05–5.21night 7.05–8.48

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, 9.45 am to 11.00 am is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 11.04 am Saturday.

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

9.45–11.00 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.14–8.27 amClear of every caution
11.57 am–12.36 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
12.17–1.20 pmClear of every caution
4.05–5.21 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.41–7.14 am, from before sunrise
8.27–9.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.00 am–12.17 pm
2.48–4.05 pm
12.58–2.32 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise7.12 am
Sunset5.21 pm
Moonrise1.50 pm
Moonset1.23 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonSimha 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
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 12.10 am (next day) 42–23 nazhigaiDasami
Magam, till 5.12 pm 25–00 nazhigaiPooram
Dhruva Yogam, till 1.20 pm 15–21 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.57 pm 14–22 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.10 am (next day) 42–23 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.22–6.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.41–7.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.27–9.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.00 am–12.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.57 am–12.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.48–4.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.55–4.26 pmA favourable window
12.58–2.32 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam17.12
Soram8.27
Uthi9.45
Visham11.00
Amirtham212.17
Rogam1.32
Labam32.49
Dhanam44.05

Night

Rogam5.21
Labam7.05
Dhanam8.49
Sugam10.33
Soram12.16
Uthi52.01
Visham3.44
Amirtham5.29

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 5.12 pm, 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
Mesha7.12 am7.23 am
Vrishabha7.23 am9.47 am
Mithuna9.47 am11.49 am
Kataka11.49 am1.22 pm
Simha1.22 pm2.39 pm
Kanya2.39 pm3.53 pm
Tula3.53 pm5.19 pm
Vrischika5.19 pm7.09 pm
Dhanu7.09 pm9.26 pm
Makara9.26 pm11.55 pm
Kumbha11.55 pm2.23 am
Meena2.23 am4.50 am
Mesha4.50 am7.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.12
Budhan8.03
Chandra8.53
Sani9.44
Guru10.35
Sevvai11.26
Suriya12.16
Sukran1.07
Budhan1.58
Chandra2.49
Sani3.39
Guru4.30

Night

Sevvai5.21
Suriya6.30
Sukran7.39
Budhan8.49
Chandra9.58
Sani11.07
Guru12.17
Sevvai1.26
Suriya2.35
Sukran3.45
Budhan4.54
Chandra6.03

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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