Shastra Panchangam
April 2027
26
Monday
Plavanga
Chithirai
13
Thingal

Theypirai
Shashtitill 9.28 pm, then Saptami
Pooradamtill 1.55 am (next day), then Uthiradam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.57–9.40
Yamagandammorning 11.21–1.05
Kuligaiafternoon 2.46–4.29
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.15–7.57evening 7.53–9.10

Computed for Sacramento, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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, 5.10 pm to sunset 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 Sacramento

Computed for Sacramento, 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

5.10–7.53 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.15–7.57 amClear of every caution
6.15–7.57 am, inside the clear stretch
9.40–9.46 amShort clear window
12.37–1.31 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.05–1.31 pmShort clear window
2.26–2.46 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.57–9.40 am
9.46–11.34 am
11.21 am–1.05 pm
1.31–2.26 pm
2.46–4.29 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.15–5.10 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 8.42 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise6.15 am
Sunset7.53 pm
Moonrise1.46 am (next day)
Moonset10.11 am
SunMesha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sacramento 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
Thingal (Monday)
Shashti, till 9.28 pm 38–04 nazhigaiSaptami
Pooradam, till 1.55 am (next day) 49–14 nazhigaiUthiradam
Siddha Yogam, till 3.13 am (next day) 52–28 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 8.15 am 5–01 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 9.28 pm 38–04 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.52–5.33 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.57–9.40 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.46–11.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.21 am–1.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.37–1.31 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.31–2.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.46–4.29 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.15–5.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.33–10.20 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.15
Visham7.57
Rogam9.39
Labam111.22
Dhanam21.05
Sugam32.47
Soram4.28
Uthi6.12

Night

Sugam7.53
Soram9.10
Uthi10.29
Amirtham11.46
Visham1.03
Rogam2.20
Labam3.39
Dhanam4.56

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Indu Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā

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

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mesha6.15 am7.13 am
Vrishabha7.13 am9.03 am
Mithuna9.03 am11.20 am
Kataka11.20 am1.50 pm
Simha1.50 pm4.19 pm
Kanya4.19 pm6.47 pm
Tula6.47 pm9.17 pm
Vrischika9.17 pm11.41 pm
Dhanu11.41 pm1.42 am
Makara1.42 am3.15 am
Kumbha3.15 am4.31 am
Meena4.31 am5.44 am
Mesha5.44 am6.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.15
Sani7.23
Guru8.31
Sevvai9.39
Suriya10.48
Sukran11.56
Budhan1.04
Chandra2.12
Sani3.21
Guru4.29
Sevvai5.37
Suriya6.45

Night

Sukran7.53
Budhan8.45
Chandra9.37
Sani10.28
Guru11.20
Sevvai12.12
Suriya1.03
Sukran1.55
Budhan2.47
Chandra3.38
Sani4.30
Guru5.22

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

Panchangam · பஞ்சாங்கம் · Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0