Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
15
Sunday
Visvavasu
Panguni
2
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 1 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Dwadasitill 9.11 pm, then Trayodasi
Thiruvonamtill 5.26 pm, then Avittam
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 5.27–6.57
Yamagandamafternoon 12.57–2.28
Kuligaiafternoon 3.57–5.28
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.45 am (next day): Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.58–8.28evening 6.57–8.26

Computed for San Diego, 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, 6.58 am to 12.57 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

6.58 am–12.57 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.58–8.28 am, inside the clear stretch
12.34–1.21 pm; Yamagandam also runs
2.28–3.57 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

12.57–2.28 pm
3.57–5.28 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.21–6.10 pm
5.27–6.57 pm
9.30–11.09 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 5.45 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 5.45 am, until Wednesday 11.07 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.58 am
Sunset6.57 pm
Moonrise5.44 am (next day)
Moonset3.41 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 16 March: Pradosham and Masa Sivaratri.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Dwadasi, till 9.11 pm 35–34 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Thiruvonam, till 5.26 pm 26–11 nazhigaiAvittam
Shiva Yogam, till 9.07 pm 35–23 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.04 am 5–15 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 9.11 pm 35–34 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.23–6.10 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.34–8.13 amA favourable window
12.34–1.21 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.57–2.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.57–5.28 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.21–6.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.27–6.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.30–11.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi6.58
Amirtham8.29
Rogam9.58
Labam11.28
Dhanam112.58
Sugam2.28
Soram3.57
Visham5.27

Night

Dhanam6.57
Sugam28.27
Soram9.56
Visham11.27
Uthi12.58
Amirtham2.28
Rogam3.57
Labam5.28

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhānu Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 5.26 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
Kumbha6.58 am7.01 am
Meena7.01 am8.21 am
Mesha8.21 am9.52 am
Vrishabha9.52 am11.46 am
Mithuna11.46 am2.01 pm
Kataka2.01 pm4.25 pm
Simha4.25 pm6.47 pm
Kanya6.47 pm9.08 pm
Tula9.08 pm11.31 pm
Vrischika11.31 pm1.52 am
Dhanu1.52 am3.55 am
Makara3.55 am5.34 am
Kumbha5.34 am6.57 am
Meena6.57 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.58
Sukran7.58
Budhan8.58
Chandra9.58
Sani10.58
Guru11.58
Sevvai12.58
Suriya1.58
Sukran2.57
Budhan3.57
Chandra4.57
Sani5.57

Night

Guru6.57
Sevvai7.57
Suriya8.57
Sukran9.57
Budhan10.57
Chandra11.57
Sani12.57
Guru1.57
Sevvai2.57
Suriya3.57
Sukran4.57
Budhan5.57

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force from 5.44 am, until Monday 11.07 am

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