Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
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Monday
Visvavasu
Maasi
25
Thingal
Theypirai
Shashtitill 11.28 pm, then Saptami
Visakamtill 4.12 pm, then Anusham
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.30–9.00
Yamagandammorning 10.30–12.00
Kuligaiafternoon 1.30–3.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.30 am: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Nalla Neram
morning 6.15–7.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15night 7.30–8.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Salem. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 4.04 pm to sunset is the best of the day, with the Nalla Neram of 4.45–5.45 pm inside it.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 7.36 am.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Salem

Computed for Salem, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

4.04–6.28 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.15–7.15 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
7.36–7.58 amShort clear window
9.15–10.15 am; Rahu Kalam also runs
9.29–10.58 amClear of every caution
12.05–12.52 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.29–12.52 pmShort clear window
1.40–1.57 pmShort clear window
4.45–5.45 pm, inside the clear stretch
7.30–8.30 pm

Avoid

7.58–9.29 am (printed 7.30–9)
10.58 am–12.29 pm (printed 10.30–12)
12.52–1.40 pm
1.57–3.28 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 1.30–3)
3.15–4.04 pm
8.40–10.29 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 9.30 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 9.30 am, until Wednesday 10.01 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise6.28 am
Sunset6.28 pm
Moonrise11.26 pm
Moonset10.08 am
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Salem 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 11.28 pm 42–30 nazhigaiSaptami
Visakam, till 4.12 pm 24–19 nazhigaiAnusham
Vyaghata Yogam, till 7.36 am caution 2–49 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 10.17 am 9–33 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 11.28 pm 42–30 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Salem

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.53–5.40 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.26–8.11 amA favourable window
7.58–9.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.58 am–12.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.05–12.52 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.52–1.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.57–3.28 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.15–4.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.40–10.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.28
Visham7.58
Rogam9.28
Labam210.59
Dhanam312.29
Sugam41.58
Soram3.27
Uthi4.58

Night

Sugam6.28
Soram7.57
Uthi59.28
Amirtham10.58
Visham12.27
Rogam1.57
Labam3.28
Dhanam4.58

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyaghata Yogam; 2 Yamagandam; 3 Durmuhurtham; 4 Kuligai and Durmuhurtham; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Indu Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 4.12 pm, computed)

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

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha6.28 am6.51 am
Meena6.51 am8.32 am
Mesha8.32 am10.21 am
Vrishabha10.21 am12.24 pm
Mithuna12.24 pm2.35 pm
Kataka2.35 pm4.44 pm
Simha4.44 pm6.45 pm
Kanya6.45 pm8.46 pm
Tula8.46 pm10.51 pm
Vrischika10.51 pm1.03 am
Dhanu1.03 am3.10 am
Makara3.10 am5.04 am
Kumbha5.04 am6.28 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.28
Sani7.28
Guru8.28
Sevvai9.28
Suriya10.28
Sukran11.28
Budhan12.28
Chandra1.28
Sani2.28
Guru3.28
Sevvai4.28
Suriya5.28

Night

Sukran6.28
Budhan7.28
Chandra8.28
Sani9.28
Guru10.28
Sevvai11.28
Suriya12.28
Sukran1.28
Budhan2.28
Chandra3.28
Sani4.28
Guru5.28

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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