Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
22
Wednesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
9
Budhan
Valarpirai
Shashtitill 8.20 pm, then Saptami
Thiruvathiraitill 7.43 pm, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.51–1.29
Yamagandammorning 7.01–8.39
Kuligaimorning 10.15–11.52
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.39–10.15evening 6.19–7.42

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

Atiganda Yogam runs till 6.39 am.

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

1.29–6.19 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.45–7.01 amShort clear window
8.39–10.15 amClear of every caution
8.39–10.15 am, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.15–6.45 am, from before sunrise
7.01–8.39 am
10.15–11.52 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.26 am–12.18 pm
11.51 am–1.29 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 12.44 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise5.25 am
Sunset6.19 pm
Moonrise9.38 am
Moonset11.52 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Shashti, till 8.20 pm 37–19 nazhigaiSaptami
Thiruvathirai, till 7.43 pm 35–47 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Atiganda Yogam, till 6.39 am caution 3–03 nazhigai
Sukarma Yogam, till 3.38 am (next day) 55–34 nazhigai		Dhriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.32 am 10–17 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 8.20 pm 37–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.57–4.40 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.15–6.45 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.01–8.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.15–11.52 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.28–11.56 amA favourable window
11.26 am–12.18 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.51 am–1.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.25
Dhanam27.02
Sugam8.39
Soram10.15
Visham11.51
Uthi1.29
Amirtham3.06
Rogam4.42

Night

Uthi6.19
Amirtham7.43
Rogam9.05
Labam10.29
Dhanam11.52
Sugam1.15
Soram2.37
Visham4.01

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Saumya Vāsara · Ārdrā

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
Mesha5.25 am6.44 am
Vrishabha6.44 am8.41 am
Mithuna8.41 am10.55 am
Kataka10.55 am1.12 pm
Simha1.12 pm3.26 pm
Kanya3.26 pm5.38 pm
Tula5.38 pm7.54 pm
Vrischika7.54 pm10.10 pm
Dhanu10.10 pm12.15 am
Makara12.15 am2.01 am
Kumbha2.01 am3.32 am
Meena3.32 am5.01 am
Mesha5.01 am5.24 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.25
Chandra6.30
Sani7.34
Guru8.39
Sevvai9.43
Suriya10.48
Sukran11.52
Budhan12.56
Chandra2.01
Sani3.05
Guru4.10
Sevvai5.14

Night

Suriya6.19
Sukran7.14
Budhan8.10
Chandra9.05
Sani10.01
Guru10.56
Sevvai11.52
Suriya12.47
Sukran1.42
Budhan2.38
Chandra3.33
Sani4.29

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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