Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
4
Tuesday
Plavanga
Chithirai
21
Sevvai
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 10.01 am, then Chaturdasi
Revathitill 5.45 pm, then Ashwini
Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamevening 4.28–6.14
Yamagandammorning 9.27–11.13
Kuligaiafternoon 12.57–2.43
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.46 pm: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.43–4.28night 9.14–10.27

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

For anything new, 7.23 am to 8.45 am is the best of the day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 6.45 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.29 pm.

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

7.23–8.45 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.30–1.25 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
2.43–4.28 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

5.47–7.23 am, from before sunrise
8.45–9.42 am
9.27–11.13 am
12.57–2.43 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.28–6.14 pm
11.57 pm–12.38 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 5.46 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 5.46 pm, until Thursday 9.26 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.57 am
Sunset7.58 pm
Moonrise5.05 am (next day)
Moonset6.17 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

Wednesday 5 May: Amavasai.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Trayodasi, till 10.01 am 10–11 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Revathi, till 5.45 pm 29–31 nazhigaiAshwini
Vishkambha Yogam, till 6.45 am caution 1–58 nazhigai
Priti Yogam, till 4.45 am (next day) 57–03 nazhigai		Ayushman Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.01 am 10–11 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.29 pm caution 38–52 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Philadelphia

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.38–5.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.47–7.23 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.45–9.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.27–11.13 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.30–1.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.57–2.43 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.22–4.57 pmA favourable window
4.28–6.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.57 pm–12.38 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.57
Labam17.43
Dhanam29.28
Sugam311.13
Soram12.57
Uthi42.43
Visham4.28
Amirtham56.14

Night

Soram7.58
Uthi9.14
Visham10.27
Amirtham611.43
Rogam12.57
Labam2.12
Dhanam3.27
Sugam4.42

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Revatī (Aśvinī from 5.45 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
Mesha5.57 am6.33 am
Vrishabha6.33 am8.22 am
Mithuna8.22 am10.40 am
Kataka10.40 am1.11 pm
Simha1.11 pm3.42 pm
Kanya3.42 pm6.12 pm
Tula6.12 pm8.44 pm
Vrischika8.44 pm11.09 pm
Dhanu11.09 pm1.10 am
Makara1.10 am2.41 am
Kumbha2.41 am3.55 am
Meena3.55 am5.06 am
Mesha5.06 am5.56 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.57
Suriya7.07
Sukran8.17
Budhan9.27
Chandra10.38
Sani11.48
Guru12.58
Sevvai2.08
Suriya3.18
Sukran4.28
Budhan5.38
Chandra6.48

Night

Sani7.58
Guru8.48
Sevvai9.38
Suriya10.28
Sukran11.18
Budhan12.07
Chandra12.57
Sani1.47
Guru2.37
Sevvai3.27
Suriya4.16
Sukran5.06

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until 5.46 pm

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