Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
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Tuesday
Visvavasu
Maasi
19, Pournami
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Pournamitill 2.38 pm, then Prathamai
Pooramtill 5.09 am (next day), then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.01–4.29
Yamagandammorning 9.09–10.38
Kuligaiafternoon 12.05–1.34
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.29–5.57night 7.29–9.00

Computed for Riyadh, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 6.14 am to 8.34 am 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 Riyadh

Computed for Riyadh, 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

6.14–8.34 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.38 am–12.05 pmClear of every caution
11.42 am–12.28 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.41–3.01 pmShort clear window
4.29–5.57 pmClear of every caution
4.29–5.57 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.34–9.22 am
9.09–10.38 am
12.05–1.34 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.04–2.41 pm
3.01–4.29 pm
10.51–11.41 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 11.16 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise6.14 am
Sunset5.57 pm
Moonrise6.05 pm
MoonsetAfter sunrise on Wednesday
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Riyadh 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Pournami, till 2.38 pm 21–00 nazhigaiPrathamai
Pooram, till 5.09 am (next day) 57–20 nazhigaiUthiram
Sukarma Yogam, till 7.55 am 4–12 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 2.38 pm 21–00 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 2.25 am (next day) 50–29 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.36–5.24 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.34–9.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.09–10.38 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.42 am–12.28 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.05–1.34 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.04–2.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.01–4.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.44 pm–12.19 amA favourable window
10.51–11.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.14
Labam17.42
Dhanam29.10
Sugam10.38
Soram12.05
Uthi31.34
Visham3.01
Amirtham4.29

Night

Soram5.57
Uthi7.29
Visham9.00
Amirtham410.33
Rogam12.04
Labam1.37
Dhanam3.09
Sugam4.42

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Bhauma Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha6.14 am6.53 am
Meena6.53 am8.22 am
Mesha8.22 am10.00 am
Vrishabha10.00 am11.58 am
Mithuna11.58 am2.12 pm
Kataka2.12 pm4.29 pm
Simha4.29 pm6.42 pm
Kanya6.42 pm8.54 pm
Tula8.54 pm11.10 pm
Vrischika11.10 pm1.27 am
Dhanu1.27 am3.32 am
Makara3.32 am5.17 am
Kumbha5.17 am6.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.14
Suriya7.13
Sukran8.11
Budhan9.10
Chandra10.08
Sani11.07
Guru12.05
Sevvai1.04
Suriya2.02
Sukran3.01
Budhan4.00
Chandra4.58

Night

Sani5.57
Guru6.58
Sevvai7.59
Suriya9.01
Sukran10.02
Budhan11.04
Chandra12.05
Sani1.06
Guru2.08
Sevvai3.09
Suriya4.10
Sukran5.12

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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