Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
12
Thursday
Visvavasu
Maasi
28
Viyazhan
Theypirai
Navamitill 6.30 am (next day), then Dasami
Moolamtill 12.44 am (next day), then Pooradam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Yamagandammorning 6.00–7.30
Kuligaimorning 9.00–10.30
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45afternoon 12.15–1.15
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.30–11.30evening 6.30–7.30

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, 8.42 am to 9.26 am is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 10.32 am Friday.

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

8.42–9.26 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.30–11.30 am; Kuligai and Vyatipata Yogam also run
10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai and Vyatipata Yogam also run
12.04–12.51 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
12.15–1.15 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

6.26–7.57 am (printed 6–7.30)
6.54–8.42 am
9.26–10.58 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 9–10.30)
1.57–3.28 pm (printed 1.30–3)
10.56 pm–12.44 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 9.34 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

Sunrise6.26 am
Sunset6.28 pm
Moonrise2.02 am (next day)
Moonset12.35 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonDhanu 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Navami, till 6.30 am (next day) 60–09 nazhigaiDasami
Moolam, till 12.44 am (next day) 45–45 nazhigaiPooradam
Siddhi Yogam, till 9.59 am 8–51 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 5.27 pm 27–33 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 6.30 am (next day) 60–09 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Salem

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.51–5.38 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.26–7.57 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.54–8.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.26–10.58 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.04–12.51 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.57–3.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.37–7.23 pmA favourable window
10.56 pm–12.44 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.26
Sugam27.57
Soram9.26
Uthi310.58
Amirtham412.28
Visham1.57
Rogam3.27
Labam54.58

Night

Amirtham6.28
Visham7.57
Rogam9.27
Labam610.58
Dhanam712.27
Sugam1.57
Soram3.26
Uthi4.57

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam and Tyajyam; 2 Tyajyam; 3 Vyatipata Yogam; 4 Vyatipata Yogam; 5 Vyatipata Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Navamī · Guru Vāsara · Mūla

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
Kumbha6.26 am6.39 am
Meena6.39 am8.20 am
Mesha8.20 am10.09 am
Vrishabha10.09 am12.12 pm
Mithuna12.12 pm2.23 pm
Kataka2.23 pm4.32 pm
Simha4.32 pm6.34 pm
Kanya6.34 pm8.34 pm
Tula8.34 pm10.40 pm
Vrischika10.40 pm12.51 am
Dhanu12.51 am2.58 am
Makara2.58 am4.52 am
Kumbha4.52 am6.26 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.26
Sevvai7.27
Suriya8.27
Sukran9.27
Budhan10.27
Chandra11.27
Sani12.27
Guru1.27
Sevvai2.28
Suriya3.28
Sukran4.28
Budhan5.28

Night

Chandra6.28
Sani7.28
Guru8.28
Sevvai9.28
Suriya10.27
Sukran11.27
Budhan12.27
Chandra1.27
Sani2.27
Guru3.26
Sevvai4.26
Suriya5.26

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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