Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
15
Thursday
Plavanga
Chithirai
2
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 32 on this day. Here Chithirai began on Wednesday 14 April.

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 1.52 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Ayilyamtill 10.48 pm, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.40–4.21
Yamagandammorning 6.23–8.03
Kuligaimorning 9.41–11.22
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.49 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.00–7.39night 11.41–1.00 (after midnight)

Computed for Philadelphia, in US Eastern time (EDT). 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Shoola Yogam runs all day, till 8.09 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Philadelphia

Computed for Philadelphia, 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

12.35–1.27 pm; Tyajyam and Shoola Yogam also run
6.00–7.39 pm; Shoola Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.23–8.03 am
9.41–11.22 am, what begins now is said to repeat
12.11–1.43 pm
2.40–4.21 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 10.49 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 10.49 pm, until Sunday 2.23 am

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

Sunrise6.23 am
Sunset7.39 pm
Moonrise2.06 pm
Moonset3.55 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Friday 16 April: Ekadasi.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Philadelphia's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Philadelphia 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)
Dasami, till 1.52 am (next day) 48–46 nazhigaiEkadasi
Ayilyam, till 10.48 pm 41–06 nazhigaiMagam
Shoola Yogam, till 8.09 pm caution 34–27 nazhigaiGanda Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 2.51 pm 21–12 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 1.52 am (next day) 48–46 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Philadelphia

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.57–5.39 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.23–8.03 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.41–11.22 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.11–1.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.35–1.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.40–4.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.18–10.48 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.23
Sugam28.03
Soram9.41
Uthi311.22
Amirtham41.02
Visham2.40
Rogam4.20
Labam56.00

Night

Amirtham7.39
Visham8.59
Rogam10.19
Labam11.41
Dhanam1.01
Sugam2.21
Soram3.40
Uthi5.02

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · 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
Meena6.23 am6.25 am
Mesha6.25 am7.48 am
Vrishabha7.48 am9.37 am
Mithuna9.37 am11.55 am
Kataka11.55 am2.26 pm
Simha2.26 pm4.57 pm
Kanya4.57 pm7.27 pm
Tula7.27 pm9.59 pm
Vrischika9.59 pm12.24 am
Dhanu12.24 am2.25 am
Makara2.25 am3.56 am
Kumbha3.56 am5.10 am
Meena5.10 am6.21 am
Mesha6.21 am6.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.23
Sevvai7.29
Suriya8.36
Sukran9.42
Budhan10.48
Chandra11.55
Sani1.01
Guru2.07
Sevvai3.14
Suriya4.20
Sukran5.26
Budhan6.33

Night

Chandra7.39
Sani8.33
Guru9.26
Sevvai10.20
Suriya11.13
Sukran12.07
Budhan1.00
Chandra1.54
Sani2.47
Guru3.41
Sevvai4.34
Suriya5.28

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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