Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
9
Sunday
Plavanga
Chithirai
26
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 8.53 pm, then Panchami
Mirugaseeridamtill 10.30 am, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.16–8.04
Yamagandamafternoon 12.57–2.44
Kuligaievening 4.30–6.17
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.51–7.37evening 8.04–9.16

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, 5.51 am to 10.13 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.54 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

5.51–10.13 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.51–7.37 am, inside the clear stretch
12.30–1.25 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

12.57–2.44 pm
4.30–6.17 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.09–7.07 pm
6.14–7.44 pm
6.16–8.04 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 1.21 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise5.51 am
Sunset8.03 pm
Moonrise8.15 am
Moonset12.01 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Chaturthi, till 8.53 pm 37–36 nazhigaiPanchami
Mirugaseeridam, till 10.30 am 11–36 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Sukarma Yogam, till 1.50 pm 19–58 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.13 am 10–55 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 8.54 pm caution 37–36 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Philadelphia

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.33–5.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.30–1.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.57–2.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.30–6.17 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.09–7.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.14–7.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.16–8.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.25 pm–12.53 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi5.51
Amirtham7.38
Rogam9.24
Labam111.11
Dhanam212.58
Sugam32.44
Soram4.30
Visham6.16

Night

Dhanam48.03
Sugam9.17
Soram10.30
Visham11.43
Uthi12.57
Amirtham2.11
Rogam3.23
Labam4.38

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa (Ārdrā from 10.30 am, 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
Mesha5.51 am6.14 am
Vrishabha6.14 am8.03 am
Mithuna8.03 am10.20 am
Kataka10.20 am12.52 pm
Simha12.52 pm3.22 pm
Kanya3.22 pm5.52 pm
Tula5.52 pm8.24 pm
Vrischika8.24 pm10.49 pm
Dhanu10.49 pm12.50 am
Makara12.50 am2.22 am
Kumbha2.22 am3.36 am
Meena3.36 am4.47 am
Mesha4.47 am5.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.51
Sukran7.02
Budhan8.13
Chandra9.24
Sani10.35
Guru11.46
Sevvai12.57
Suriya2.08
Sukran3.19
Budhan4.30
Chandra5.41
Sani6.52

Night

Guru8.03
Sevvai8.52
Suriya9.41
Sukran10.30
Budhan11.19
Chandra12.08
Sani12.57
Guru1.46
Sevvai2.35
Suriya3.24
Sukran4.13
Budhan5.01

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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