Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Chithirai
7
Thingal
Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 3.45 pm, then Panchami
Rohinitill 1.39 pm, then Mirugaseeridam
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.30–9.10
Yamagandammorning 10.48–12.28
Kuligaiafternoon 2.06–3.46
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.31 am (next day): Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.25–6.44night 9.45–11.05

Computed for Phoenix, in Arizona time (MST). 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, 4.25 pm to 6.44 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.46 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Phoenix

Computed for Phoenix, 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

4.25–6.44 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.01–12.53 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run
5.25–6.44 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.27–7.54 am
7.30–9.10 am
10.48 am–12.28 pm
12.53–1.47 pm
2.06–3.46 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.32–4.25 pm
6.44–8.12 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 12.31 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 12.31 am, until Thursday 2.44 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

Sunrise5.52 am
Sunset7.03 pm
Moonrise8.07 am
Moonset11.19 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Phoenix 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
Thingal (Monday)
Chaturthi, till 3.45 pm 24–46 nazhigaiPanchami
Rohini, till 1.39 pm 19–28 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Shobhana Yogam, till 12.01 am (next day) 45–26 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.46 pm caution 24–46 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 2.15 am (next day) 51–01 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.26–5.08 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.27–7.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.30–9.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.47 am–12.12 pm
3.29–4.55 am		A favourable window
10.48 am–12.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.01–12.53 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.53–1.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.06–3.46 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.32–4.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.44–8.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.52
Visham7.30
Rogam9.09
Labam210.49
Dhanam312.28
Sugam42.07
Soram3.45
Uthi55.25

Night

Sugam67.03
Soram8.24
Uthi9.45
Amirtham11.06
Visham12.26
Rogam1.47
Labam3.09
Dhanam4.30

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Indu Vāsara · Rohiṇī (Mṛgaśīrṣa from 1.39 pm, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha5.52 am7.09 am
Vrishabha7.09 am9.02 am
Mithuna9.02 am11.18 am
Kataka11.18 am1.42 pm
Simha1.42 pm4.05 pm
Kanya4.05 pm6.27 pm
Tula6.27 pm8.51 pm
Vrischika8.51 pm11.12 pm
Dhanu11.12 pm1.15 am
Makara1.15 am2.53 am
Kumbha2.53 am4.15 am
Meena4.15 am5.35 am
Mesha5.35 am5.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.52
Sani6.58
Guru8.04
Sevvai9.09
Suriya10.15
Sukran11.21
Budhan12.27
Chandra1.33
Sani2.39
Guru3.45
Sevvai4.51
Suriya5.57

Night

Sukran7.03
Budhan7.57
Chandra8.51
Sani9.45
Guru10.39
Sevvai11.33
Suriya12.27
Sukran1.21
Budhan2.15
Chandra3.09
Sani4.03
Guru4.56

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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