Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
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Wednesday
Plavanga
Vaikasi
5, Pournami
Budhan
Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 6.33 am, then Pournami
Visakamtill 3.51 am (next day), then Anusham
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.57–2.47
Yamagandammorning 7.30–9.20
Kuligaimorning 11.08–12.58
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.34 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.42–7.30evening 8.13–9.23

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, 5.42 am to 6.33 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.43 pm; Parigha Yogam runs till 12.57 pm Thursday.

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

5.42–6.33 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.42–7.30 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.30–9.20 am
8.39–10.20 am
11.08 am–12.58 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.28–1.27 pm
12.57–2.47 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 9.34 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 9.34 pm, until Saturday 7.21 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.42 am
Sunset8.13 pm
Moonrise8.00 pm
Moonset5.13 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Chaturdasi, till 6.33 am 2–09 nazhigaiPournami
Visakam, till 3.51 am (next day) 55–25 nazhigaiAnusham
Variyan Yogam, till 1.30 pm 19–31 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 6.33 am 2–09 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.43 pm caution 32–33 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Philadelphia

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.26–5.03 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.30–9.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.39–10.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.08 am–12.58 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.28–1.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.57–2.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.41–8.20 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.42
Dhanam27.31
Sugam39.20
Soram11.08
Visham12.57
Uthi42.47
Amirtham54.36
Rogam6.23

Night

Uthi8.13
Amirtham9.24
Rogam10.34
Labam11.46
Dhanam12.57
Sugam2.09
Soram3.19
Visham4.30

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Vrishabha5.42 am7.23 am
Mithuna7.23 am9.41 am
Kataka9.41 am12.12 pm
Simha12.12 pm2.43 pm
Kanya2.43 pm5.13 pm
Tula5.13 pm7.45 pm
Vrischika7.45 pm10.10 pm
Dhanu10.10 pm12.11 am
Makara12.11 am1.42 am
Kumbha1.42 am2.56 am
Meena2.56 am4.08 am
Mesha4.08 am5.30 am
Vrishabha5.30 am5.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.42
Chandra6.55
Sani8.07
Guru9.20
Sevvai10.32
Suriya11.45
Sukran12.57
Budhan2.10
Chandra3.23
Sani4.35
Guru5.48
Sevvai7.00

Night

Suriya8.13
Sukran9.00
Budhan9.48
Chandra10.35
Sani11.22
Guru12.10
Sevvai12.57
Suriya1.44
Sukran2.32
Budhan3.19
Chandra4.06
Sani4.54

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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