Shastra Panchangam
June 2026
5
Friday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
23
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 22 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Theypirai
Panchamitill 12.51 pm, then Shashti
Thiruvonamtill 5.34 pm, then Avittam
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.39–12.27
Yamagandamevening 4.01–5.49
Kuligaimorning 7.05–8.53
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.18–7.05night 8.49–9.52

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, 12.27 pm to 4.01 pm is the best of the day.

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

12.27–4.01 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.18–7.05 amClear of every caution
5.18–7.05 am, inside the clear stretch
8.53–10.39 amClear of every caution
11.59 am–12.55 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
5.49–7.36 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.05–8.53 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.39 am–12.27 pm
4.01–5.49 pm
9.52–11.36 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 6.34 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise5.18 am
Sunset7.36 pm
Moonrise11.51 pm
Moonset9.43 am
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMakara 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
Velli (Friday)
Panchami, till 12.51 pm 18–51 nazhigaiShashti
Thiruvonam, till 5.34 pm 30–38 nazhigaiAvittam
Indra Yogam, till 9.35 pm 40–41 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 12.51 pm 18–51 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 1.35 am (next day) 50–43 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.01–4.39 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.09–7.53 amA favourable window
7.05–8.53 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.39 am–12.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.59 am–12.55 pmWidely used for beginnings
4.01–5.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.52–11.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam5.18
Soram7.05
Uthi8.53
Visham10.39
Amirtham12.27
Rogam2.14
Labam14.02
Dhanam5.49

Night

Rogam7.36
Labam28.49
Dhanam310.02
Sugam411.15
Soram12.26
Uthi1.40
Visham2.52
Amirtham4.06

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 5.34 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
Vrishabha5.18 am6.01 am
Mithuna6.01 am8.17 am
Kataka8.17 am10.41 am
Simha10.41 am1.04 pm
Kanya1.04 pm3.26 pm
Tula3.26 pm5.50 pm
Vrischika5.50 pm8.11 pm
Dhanu8.11 pm10.14 pm
Makara10.14 pm11.52 pm
Kumbha11.52 pm1.14 am
Meena1.14 am2.34 am
Mesha2.34 am4.04 am
Vrishabha4.04 am5.18 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.18
Budhan6.30
Chandra7.41
Sani8.53
Guru10.04
Sevvai11.16
Suriya12.27
Sukran1.38
Budhan2.50
Chandra4.01
Sani5.13
Guru6.24

Night

Sevvai7.36
Suriya8.24
Sukran9.13
Budhan10.01
Chandra10.50
Sani11.38
Guru12.27
Sevvai1.15
Suriya2.04
Sukran2.53
Budhan3.41
Chandra4.30

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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