Shastra Panchangam
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
5
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Tritiyaitill 11.49 am, then Chaturthi
Mirugaseeridamtill 6.12 am, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.11–4.52
Yamagandammorning 8.28–10.10
Kuligaimorning 11.49–1.31
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.52–6.32night 7.52–9.10

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, 5.08 am to 7.48 am is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 11.41 am Wednesday.

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

5.08–7.48 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.10–11.49 amClear of every caution
11.24 am–12.16 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.31–1.43 pmShort clear window
4.52–6.32 pm; Shoola Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.48–8.43 am
8.28–10.10 am
11.49 am–1.31 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.43–3.10 pm
3.11–4.52 pm
10.46–11.29 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 8.09 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

Sunrise5.08 am
Sunset6.32 pm
Moonrise7.22 am
Moonset9.40 pm
SunVrishabha 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Tritiyai, till 11.49 am 16–44 nazhigaiChaturthi
Mirugaseeridam, till 6.12 am 2–40 nazhigai
Thiruvathirai, till 3.42 am (next day) 56–27 nazhigai		Punarpoosam
Dhriti Yogam, till 3.19 pm 25–28 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 11.49 am 16–44 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 10.10 pm 42–36 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.43–4.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.48–8.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.28–10.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.24 am–12.16 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.49 am–1.31 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.43–3.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.11–4.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.45–8.10 pmA favourable window
10.46–11.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.08
Labam16.49
Dhanam28.29
Sugam10.10
Soram11.49
Uthi31.31
Visham3.11
Amirtham44.52

Night

Soram6.32
Uthi7.52
Visham9.10
Amirtham510.31
Rogam11.49
Labam1.10
Dhanam2.29
Sugam3.48

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 Shoola Yogam; 5 Durmuhurtham.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa (Ārdrā from 6.12 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
Vrishabha5.08 am6.55 am
Mithuna6.55 am9.09 am
Kataka9.09 am11.26 am
Simha11.26 am1.39 pm
Kanya1.39 pm3.52 pm
Tula3.52 pm6.08 pm
Vrischika6.08 pm8.24 pm
Dhanu8.24 pm10.29 pm
Makara10.29 pm12.14 am
Kumbha12.14 am1.46 am
Meena1.46 am3.15 am
Mesha3.15 am4.54 am
Vrishabha4.54 am5.07 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.08
Suriya6.15
Sukran7.22
Budhan8.29
Chandra9.36
Sani10.43
Guru11.50
Sevvai12.57
Suriya2.04
Sukran3.11
Budhan4.18
Chandra5.25

Night

Sani6.32
Guru7.25
Sevvai8.18
Suriya9.11
Sukran10.04
Budhan10.57
Chandra11.50
Sani12.43
Guru1.36
Sevvai2.28
Suriya3.21
Sukran4.14

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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