Shastra Panchangam
May 2027
14
Friday
Plavanga
Chithirai
31
Velli
Valarpirai
Navamitill 7.10 am, then Dasami
Pooramtill 11.30 pm, then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.15–1.03
Yamagandamevening 4.36–6.24
Kuligaimorning 7.41–9.29
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.23 am (next day): Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.55–7.41night 9.24–10.36

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

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 6.04 pm.

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

6.24–8.10 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.55–7.41 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
12.35–1.31 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vyaghata Yogam also run

Avoid

7.41–9.29 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.58–9.32 am
11.15 am–1.03 pm
4.36–6.24 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 5.23 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 5.23 am, until Monday 11.04 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.55 am
Sunset8.10 pm
Moonrise2.35 pm
Moonset2.58 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 15 May: Ekadasi.

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
Velli (Friday)
Navami, till 7.10 am 3–07 nazhigai
Dasami, till 5.48 am (next day) 59–45 nazhigai		Ekadasi
Pooram, till 11.30 pm 44–00 nazhigaiUthiram
Vyaghata Yogam, till 6.04 pm caution 30–23 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 7.10 am 3–07 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 6.27 pm 31–21 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 5.48 am (next day) 59–45 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sacramento

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.37–5.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.41–9.29 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.58–9.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.15 am–1.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.35–1.31 pmWidely used for beginnings
4.36–6.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.18–6.50 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.55
Soram7.41
Uthi29.29
Visham11.15
Amirtham31.03
Rogam2.49
Labam44.37
Dhanam6.24

Night

Rogam8.10
Labam9.24
Dhanam10.37
Sugam11.50
Soram1.02
Uthi2.16
Visham3.28
Amirtham4.42

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyaghata Yogam; 2 Tyajyam and Vyaghata Yogam; 3 Vyaghata Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Vyaghata Yogam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī

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
Mesha5.55 am6.02 am
Vrishabha6.02 am7.52 am
Mithuna7.52 am10.09 am
Kataka10.09 am12.39 pm
Simha12.39 pm3.08 pm
Kanya3.08 pm5.36 pm
Tula5.36 pm8.06 pm
Vrischika8.06 pm10.30 pm
Dhanu10.30 pm12.32 am
Makara12.32 am2.05 am
Kumbha2.05 am3.20 am
Meena3.20 am4.34 am
Mesha4.34 am5.54 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.55
Budhan7.06
Chandra8.17
Sani9.29
Guru10.40
Sevvai11.51
Suriya1.03
Sukran2.14
Budhan3.25
Chandra4.36
Sani5.48
Guru6.59

Night

Sevvai8.10
Suriya8.59
Sukran9.48
Budhan10.36
Chandra11.25
Sani12.14
Guru1.02
Sevvai1.51
Suriya2.39
Sukran3.28
Budhan4.17
Chandra5.05

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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