Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
16
Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
3, Amavasai
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 2 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.


Theypirai
Amavasaitill 1.01 pm, then Prathamai
Karthigaitill 2.02 am (next day), then Rohini
Amirtha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalammorning 8.55–10.41
Yamagandamafternoon 2.09–3.54
Kuligaimorning 5.27–7.12
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.17 am: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.39–7.23night 8.39–9.53

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, 10.41 am to 2.09 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 1.30 pm Sunday.

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


No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
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

10.41 am–2.09 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.19–8.55 amClear of every caution
11.57 am–12.52 pm
4.56–5.45 pmShort clear window
5.39–7.23 pm; Atiganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.27–7.12 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.27–7.19 am
8.55–10.41 am
2.09–3.54 pm
3.31–4.56 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 10.17 am

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

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 10.17 am, until Monday 9.35 am

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

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise5.27 am
Sunset7.23 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Sunday
Moonset7.43 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Amavasai, till 1.01 pm 18–56 nazhigaiPrathamai
Karthigai, till 2.02 am (next day) 51–30 nazhigaiRohini
Shobhana Yogam, till 5.46 pm 30–47 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 1.01 pm 18–56 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 11.07 pm 44–10 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.07–4.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.27–7.12 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.27–7.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.55–10.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.57 am–12.52 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.09–3.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.31–4.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.57 pm–1.20 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.27
Uthi17.12
Visham8.55
Amirtham10.41
Rogam12.24
Labam22.10
Dhanam33.54
Sugam45.39

Night

Labam7.23
Dhanam8.39
Sugam9.54
Soram11.09
Uthi12.25
Visham1.39
Amirtham2.56
Soram4.10

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Sthira Vāsara · Kṛttikā

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
Vrishabha5.27 am7.20 am
Mithuna7.20 am9.36 am
Kataka9.36 am12.00 pm
Simha12.00 pm2.23 pm
Kanya2.23 pm4.44 pm
Tula4.44 pm7.09 pm
Vrischika7.09 pm9.30 pm
Dhanu9.30 pm11.32 pm
Makara11.32 pm1.11 am
Kumbha1.11 am2.33 am
Meena2.33 am3.52 am
Mesha3.52 am5.23 am
Vrishabha5.23 am5.26 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.27
Guru6.37
Sevvai7.46
Suriya8.56
Sukran10.06
Budhan11.15
Chandra12.25
Sani1.35
Guru2.44
Sevvai3.54
Suriya5.03
Sukran6.13

Night

Budhan7.23
Chandra8.13
Sani9.03
Guru9.54
Sevvai10.44
Suriya11.34
Sukran12.25
Budhan1.15
Chandra2.05
Sani2.55
Guru3.46
Sevvai4.36

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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