Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Chithirai
18, Pournami
Velli
Valarpirai
Pournamitill 8.23 pm, then Prathamai
Swathitill 2.05 am (next day), then Visakam
Siddha Yogam

Pournami

Rahu Kalammorning 10.12–11.51
Yamagandamafternoon 3.06–4.45
Kuligaimorning 6.56–8.35
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.45–6.23night 7.45–9.06

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, 11.51 am to 3.06 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.31 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

11.51 am–3.06 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.35–10.12 amClear of every caution
11.25 am–12.16 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.45–6.23 pmClear of every caution
4.45–6.23 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.55–7.41 am
6.56–8.35 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.12–11.51 am
3.06–4.45 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 10.01 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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
Sunset6.23 pm
Moonrise6.22 pm
Moonset5.16 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonTula 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
Velli (Friday)
Pournami, till 8.23 pm 37–44 nazhigaiPrathamai
Swathi, till 2.05 am (next day) 52–00 nazhigaiVisakam
Siddhi Yogam, till 6.43 pm 33–34 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 7.31 am caution 5–32 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 8.23 pm 37–44 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.51–4.34 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.55–7.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.56–8.35 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.12–11.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.25 am–12.16 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.06–4.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.27–6.11 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.18
Soram6.56
Uthi8.35
Visham10.12
Amirtham11.51
Rogam1.28
Labam23.07
Dhanam4.45

Night

Rogam6.23
Labam7.45
Dhanam9.07
Sugam10.29
Soram11.50
Uthi1.12
Visham2.33
Amirtham3.56

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Svātī

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
Mesha5.18 am6.08 am
Vrishabha6.08 am8.06 am
Mithuna8.06 am10.20 am
Kataka10.20 am12.37 pm
Simha12.37 pm2.50 pm
Kanya2.50 pm5.02 pm
Tula5.02 pm7.18 pm
Vrischika7.18 pm9.35 pm
Dhanu9.35 pm11.40 pm
Makara11.40 pm1.25 am
Kumbha1.25 am2.57 am
Meena2.57 am4.26 am
Mesha4.26 am5.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.18
Budhan6.23
Chandra7.29
Sani8.34
Guru9.40
Sevvai10.45
Suriya11.51
Sukran12.56
Budhan2.01
Chandra3.07
Sani4.12
Guru5.18

Night

Sevvai6.23
Suriya7.18
Sukran8.12
Budhan9.07
Chandra10.01
Sani10.56
Guru11.50
Sevvai12.45
Suriya1.39
Sukran2.34
Budhan3.28
Chandra4.23

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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