Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
25
Monday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
12
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 11 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 4.41 pm, then Ekadasi
Uthiramtill 3.39 pm, then Hastham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.07–8.54
Yamagandammorning 10.39–12.26
Kuligaiafternoon 2.11–3.58
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.22–7.07evening 7.29–8.43

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, 4.40 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 2.46 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

4.40–7.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.22–7.07 am; Vajra Yogam also runs
11.58 am–12.53 pm; Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam also run

Avoid

7.07–8.54 am
10.39 am–12.26 pm
12.53–1.51 pm
2.11–3.58 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.43–4.40 pm
12.40–2.24 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 6.31 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.22 am
Sunset7.29 pm
Moonrise2.38 pm
Moonset2.22 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 26 May: Ekadasi.

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)
Dasami, till 4.41 pm 28–20 nazhigaiEkadasi
Uthiram, till 3.39 pm 25–43 nazhigaiHastham
Vajra Yogam, till 2.46 pm caution 23–30 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 4.41 pm 28–20 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 5.13 am (next day) 59–40 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.03–4.42 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.07–8.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.04–9.44 amA favourable window
10.39 am–12.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.58 am–12.53 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.53–1.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.11–3.58 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.43–4.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.40–2.24 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.22
Visham7.07
Rogam8.53
Labam210.40
Dhanam312.26
Sugam42.12
Soram3.57
Uthi5.44

Night

Sugam7.29
Soram8.43
Uthi9.58
Amirtham11.12
Visham12.25
Rogam1.39
Labam2.54
Dhanam4.08

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Indu Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī (Hasta from 3.39 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
Vrishabha5.22 am6.44 am
Mithuna6.44 am9.00 am
Kataka9.00 am11.25 am
Simha11.25 am1.47 pm
Kanya1.47 pm4.09 pm
Tula4.09 pm6.33 pm
Vrischika6.33 pm8.54 pm
Dhanu8.54 pm10.57 pm
Makara10.57 pm12.35 am
Kumbha12.35 am1.57 am
Meena1.57 am3.17 am
Mesha3.17 am4.47 am
Vrishabha4.47 am5.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.22
Sani6.32
Guru7.43
Sevvai8.54
Suriya10.04
Sukran11.15
Budhan12.25
Chandra1.36
Sani2.47
Guru3.57
Sevvai5.08
Suriya6.18

Night

Sukran7.29
Budhan8.18
Chandra9.08
Sani9.57
Guru10.46
Sevvai11.36
Suriya12.25
Sukran1.15
Budhan2.04
Chandra2.53
Sani3.43
Guru4.32

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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