Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
16, Pournami
Sani
Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 10.28 am, then Pournami
Visakamtill 11.51 am, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 9.22–10.45
Yamagandamafternoon 1.30–2.53
Kuligaimorning 6.37–8.00
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–12.07evening 6.07–7.15

Computed for Port Louis, in Mauritius time (MUT). 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, 8.06 am to 9.22 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.36 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Port Louis

Computed for Port Louis, 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

8.06–9.22 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.45 am–12.07 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.46 am–12.29 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

6.37–8.00 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.37–8.06 am
9.22–10.45 am
1.30–2.53 pm
4.19–6.07 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 5.39 pm

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

Sunrise6.37 am
Sunset5.38 pm
Moonrise4.49 pm
Moonset6.29 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi, from 5.09 am

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Port Louis's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Port Louis 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)
Chaturdasi, till 10.28 am 9–38 nazhigaiPournami
Visakam, till 11.51 am 13–03 nazhigaiAnusham
Shiva Yogam, till 3.55 am (next day) 53–13 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.28 am 9–38 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.36 pm caution 42–26 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Port Louis

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.54–5.45 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.37–8.00 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.37–8.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.22–10.45 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.30–2.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.19–6.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.04–4.51 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.37
Uthi18.00
Visham9.22
Amirtham210.45
Rogam12.07
Labam31.31
Dhanam42.53
Sugam54.16

Night

Labam65.38
Dhanam7.16
Sugam8.53
Soram10.30
Uthi12.08
Visham1.45
Amirtham3.23
Soram5.00

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 11.51 am, 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
Vrishabha6.37 am7.51 am
Mithuna7.51 am9.56 am
Kataka9.56 am11.45 am
Simha11.45 am1.21 pm
Kanya1.21 pm2.54 pm
Tula2.54 pm4.36 pm
Vrischika4.36 pm6.36 pm
Dhanu6.36 pm8.49 pm
Makara8.49 pm11.03 pm
Kumbha11.03 pm1.12 am
Meena1.12 am3.20 am
Mesha3.20 am5.32 am
Vrishabha5.32 am6.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.37
Guru7.32
Sevvai8.27
Suriya9.22
Sukran10.17
Budhan11.12
Chandra12.07
Sani1.03
Guru1.58
Sevvai2.53
Suriya3.48
Sukran4.43

Night

Budhan5.38
Chandra6.43
Sani7.48
Guru8.53
Sevvai9.58
Suriya11.03
Sukran12.08
Budhan1.13
Chandra2.18
Sani3.23
Guru4.28
Sevvai5.33

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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