Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
30
Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
17, Pournami
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 16 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.


Valarpirai
Pournamitill 1.45 am (next day), then Prathamai
Anushamtill 3.42 am (next day), then Kettai
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 8.52–10.40
Yamagandamafternoon 2.12–4.00
Kuligaimorning 5.20–7.07
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.40–12.26evening 7.32–8.45

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

Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.36 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

4.00–7.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.40 am–12.26 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.58 am–12.54 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.36–2.12 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.20–7.07 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.20–7.07 am
5.20–7.14 am
8.52–10.40 am
2.12–4.00 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 6.39 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

Sunrise5.20 am
Sunset7.32 pm
Moonrise7.32 pm
Moonset5.05 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

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)
Pournami, till 1.45 am (next day) 51–04 nazhigaiPrathamai
Anusham, till 3.42 am (next day) 55–56 nazhigaiKettai
Shiva Yogam, till 4.55 pm 28–58 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.36 pm caution 18–10 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.45 am (next day) 51–04 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.02–4.40 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.20–7.07 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.20–7.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
5.20–7.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.52–10.40 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.58 am–12.54 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.12–4.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.04–5.51 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.20
Uthi17.07
Visham8.52
Amirtham210.40
Rogam12.26
Labam32.13
Dhanam4.00
Sugam5.46

Night

Labam7.32
Dhanam8.46
Sugam10.00
Soram11.12
Uthi12.26
Visham1.39
Amirtham2.53
Soram4.06

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Sthira 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
Vrishabha5.20 am6.25 am
Mithuna6.25 am8.41 am
Kataka8.41 am11.05 am
Simha11.05 am1.28 pm
Kanya1.28 pm3.49 pm
Tula3.49 pm6.14 pm
Vrischika6.14 pm8.35 pm
Dhanu8.35 pm10.37 pm
Makara10.37 pm12.16 am
Kumbha12.16 am1.38 am
Meena1.38 am2.57 am
Mesha2.57 am4.28 am
Vrishabha4.28 am5.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.20
Guru6.31
Sevvai7.42
Suriya8.53
Sukran10.04
Budhan11.15
Chandra12.26
Sani1.37
Guru2.48
Sevvai3.59
Suriya5.10
Sukran6.21

Night

Budhan7.32
Chandra8.21
Sani9.10
Guru9.59
Sevvai10.48
Suriya11.37
Sukran12.26
Budhan1.15
Chandra2.04
Sani2.53
Guru3.42
Sevvai4.31

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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