Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Sunday
Parabhava
Chithirai
20
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Dwitiyaitill 2.32 pm, then Tritiyai
Anushamtill 9.28 pm, then Kettai
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 5.31–7.14
Yamagandamafternoon 12.25–2.08
Kuligaiafternoon 3.49–5.32
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.38–7.19evening 7.14–8.30

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, 5.38 am to 9.58 am is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 10.50 am Monday.

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

5.38–9.58 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.38–7.19 am, inside the clear stretch
11.59 am–12.52 pm; Yamagandam and Parigha Yogam also run

Avoid

12.25–2.08 pm
3.49–5.32 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.24–6.19 pm
5.31–7.14 pm
3.45–5.34 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 12.25 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

Sunrise5.38 am
Sunset7.13 pm
Moonrise9.38 pm
Moonset6.24 am
SunMesha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 4 May: Sankatahara Chaturthi.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Dwitiyai, till 2.32 pm 22–17 nazhigaiTritiyai
Anusham, till 9.28 pm 39–37 nazhigaiKettai
Variyan Yogam, till 9.58 am 10–51 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 2.32 pm 22–17 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 3.43 am (next day) 55–14 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.15–4.56 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.52–11.38 amA favourable window
11.59 am–12.52 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.25–2.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.49–5.32 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.24–6.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.31–7.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.45–5.34 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi5.38
Amirtham7.20
Rogam9.01
Labam110.44
Dhanam212.26
Sugam32.08
Soram3.49
Visham5.31

Night

Dhanam47.13
Sugam8.31
Soram9.48
Visham11.06
Uthi12.25
Amirtham1.43
Rogam3.00
Labam54.19

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhānu Vāsara · Anurādhā

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
Mesha5.38 am6.18 am
Vrishabha6.18 am8.11 am
Mithuna8.11 am10.27 am
Kataka10.27 am12.51 pm
Simha12.51 pm3.14 pm
Kanya3.14 pm5.35 pm
Tula5.35 pm8.00 pm
Vrischika8.00 pm10.21 pm
Dhanu10.21 pm12.24 am
Makara12.24 am2.02 am
Kumbha2.02 am3.24 am
Meena3.24 am4.43 am
Mesha4.43 am5.37 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.38
Sukran6.46
Budhan7.54
Chandra9.02
Sani10.09
Guru11.17
Sevvai12.25
Suriya1.33
Sukran2.41
Budhan3.49
Chandra4.57
Sani6.05

Night

Guru7.13
Sevvai8.05
Suriya8.57
Sukran9.49
Budhan10.41
Chandra11.33
Sani12.25
Guru1.17
Sevvai2.09
Suriya3.01
Sukran3.53
Budhan4.45

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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