Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
5
Sunday
Visvavasu
Panguni
22
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 9.30 am, then Chaturthi
Visakamtill 9.38 pm, then Anusham
Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalamevening 4.37–6.12
Yamagandammorning 11.56–1.30
Kuligaiafternoon 3.03–4.38
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.59 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.41–7.14evening 6.12–7.37

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, 1.30 pm to 3.03 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.31 am; Vajra Yogam runs till 12.14 pm.

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

1.30–3.03 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.41–7.14 am; Bhadra Karanam and Vajra Yogam also run
11.32 am–12.21 pm; Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam also run

Avoid

11.56 am–1.30 pm
3.03–4.38 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.31–5.22 pm
4.37–6.12 pm
2.06–3.54 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 2.59 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 2.59 pm, until Wednesday 3.25 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

Sunrise5.41 am
Sunset6.11 pm
Moonrise9.26 pm
Moonset7.17 am
SunMeena Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Tritiyai, till 9.30 am 9–34 nazhigaiChaturthi
Visakam, till 9.38 pm 39–54 nazhigaiAnusham
Vajra Yogam, till 12.14 pm caution 16–23 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.31 am caution 9–34 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 10.34 pm 42–13 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.09–4.55 amPrayer, meditation, study
11.32 am–12.21 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.55 am–1.40 pmA favourable window
11.56 am–1.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.03–4.38 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.31–5.22 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.37–6.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.06–3.54 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi15.41
Amirtham27.15
Rogam8.48
Labam310.23
Dhanam411.57
Sugam1.30
Soram3.03
Visham4.37

Night

Dhanam56.11
Sugam7.38
Soram9.03
Visham10.29
Uthi11.56
Amirtham61.22
Rogam2.47
Labam4.14

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Bhānu Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Meena5.41 am6.12 am
Mesha6.12 am7.51 am
Vrishabha7.51 am9.48 am
Mithuna9.48 am12.02 pm
Kataka12.02 pm2.19 pm
Simha2.19 pm4.32 pm
Kanya4.32 pm6.45 pm
Tula6.45 pm9.01 pm
Vrischika9.01 pm11.17 pm
Dhanu11.17 pm1.22 am
Makara1.22 am3.07 am
Kumbha3.07 am4.39 am
Meena4.39 am5.40 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.41
Sukran6.44
Budhan7.46
Chandra8.49
Sani9.51
Guru10.54
Sevvai11.56
Suriya12.59
Sukran2.01
Budhan3.04
Chandra4.06
Sani5.09

Night

Guru6.11
Sevvai7.09
Suriya8.06
Sukran9.04
Budhan10.01
Chandra10.58
Sani11.56
Guru12.53
Sevvai1.50
Suriya2.48
Sukran3.45
Budhan4.43

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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