Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
6
Friday
Visvavasu
Maasi
23
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Maasi 22 on this day. Here Maasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 12 February.

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 5.48 am (next day), then Panchami
Chithiraitill 9.46 pm, then Swathi
Siddha Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 10.32–12.01
Yamagandamafternoon 2.55–4.23
Kuligaimorning 7.37–9.05
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.49 am: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.05–10.32night 7.23–8.54

Computed for San Diego, in US Pacific time (PST). 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, 12.01 pm to 2.55 pm 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 San Diego

Computed for San Diego, 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

12.01–2.55 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.19–7.37 amClear of every caution
9.05–10.32 amClear of every caution
9.05–10.32 am, inside the clear stretch
11.37 am–12.23 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.23–5.50 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

4.35–6.19 am, from before sunrise
7.37–9.05 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.32 am–12.01 pm
2.55–4.23 pm
3.53–5.39 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 8.49 am

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

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 8.49 am, until Sunday 9.00 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.10 am
Sunset5.50 pm
Moonrise9.23 pm
Moonset7.35 am
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Diego 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)
Chaturthi, till 5.48 am (next day) 59–08 nazhigaiPanchami
Chithirai, till 9.46 pm 39–02 nazhigaiSwathi
Vriddhi Yogam, till 5.23 pm 28–03 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 5.02 pm 27–11 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 5.48 am (next day) 59–08 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.32–5.20 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.35–6.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.37–9.05 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.32 am–12.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.37 am–12.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.54–4.36 pmA favourable window
2.55–4.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.53–5.39 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.10
Soram7.37
Uthi9.05
Visham10.32
Amirtham12.01
Rogam1.27
Labam22.56
Dhanam4.23

Night

Rogam5.50
Labam7.23
Dhanam8.55
Sugam10.28
Soram11.59
Uthi1.32
Visham3.04
Amirtham34.37

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Citrā

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
Kumbha6.10 am6.36 am
Meena6.36 am7.56 am
Mesha7.56 am9.28 am
Vrishabha9.28 am11.21 am
Mithuna11.21 am1.37 pm
Kataka1.37 pm4.01 pm
Simha4.01 pm6.22 pm
Kanya6.22 pm8.43 pm
Tula8.43 pm11.07 pm
Vrischika11.07 pm1.27 am
Dhanu1.27 am3.30 am
Makara3.30 am5.09 am
Kumbha5.09 am6.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.10
Budhan7.08
Chandra8.07
Sani9.05
Guru10.03
Sevvai11.02
Suriya12.00
Sukran12.58
Budhan1.57
Chandra2.55
Sani3.53
Guru4.52

Night

Sevvai5.50
Suriya6.52
Sukran7.53
Budhan8.55
Chandra9.56
Sani10.58
Guru11.59
Sevvai1.01
Suriya2.02
Sukran3.04
Budhan4.06
Chandra5.07

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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