Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
13
Monday
Visvavasu
Panguni
31
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 30 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Saturday 14 March.

Theypirai
Ekadasitill 12.39 pm, then Dwadasi
Sathayamtill 3.36 am (next day), then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 7.58–9.36
Yamagandammorning 11.12–12.50
Kuligaiafternoon 2.26–4.04
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.21–7.58evening 7.18–8.40

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, 4.43 pm to sunset 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

4.43–7.18 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.21–7.58 amClear of every caution
6.21–7.58 am, inside the clear stretch
9.36–10.46 amClear of every caution
12.24–1.15 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.50–1.15 pmShort clear window
2.07–2.26 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.58–9.36 am
10.46 am–12.23 pm
11.12 am–12.50 pm
1.15–2.07 pm
2.26–4.04 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.50–4.43 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 9.08 pm

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

Sunrise6.21 am
Sunset7.18 pm
Moonrise4.40 am (next day)
Moonset3.29 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Tuesday 14 April: Pradosham.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Ekadasi, till 12.39 pm 15–46 nazhigaiDwadasi
Sathayam, till 3.36 am (next day) 53–10 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Shukla Yogam, till 3.10 am (next day) 52–04 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.39 pm 15–46 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.17 am (next day) 44–52 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.53–5.36 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.58–9.36 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.46 am–12.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.12 am–12.50 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.24–1.15 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.15–2.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.26–4.04 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.50–4.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.24–9.59 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.21
Visham7.58
Rogam9.35
Labam111.13
Dhanam212.50
Sugam32.27
Soram4.03
Uthi5.41

Night

Sugam7.18
Soram8.40
Uthi10.04
Amirtham11.26
Visham12.48
Rogam2.11
Labam3.35
Dhanam4.58

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Indu Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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

1948
2083
2082
5128
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Meena6.21 am6.27 am
Mesha6.27 am7.58 am
Vrishabha7.58 am9.52 am
Mithuna9.52 am12.07 pm
Kataka12.07 pm2.31 pm
Simha2.31 pm4.53 pm
Kanya4.53 pm7.14 pm
Tula7.14 pm9.37 pm
Vrischika9.37 pm11.58 pm
Dhanu11.58 pm2.01 am
Makara2.01 am3.40 am
Kumbha3.40 am5.03 am
Meena5.03 am6.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.21
Sani7.26
Guru8.30
Sevvai9.35
Suriya10.40
Sukran11.45
Budhan12.49
Chandra1.54
Sani2.59
Guru4.03
Sevvai5.08
Suriya6.13

Night

Sukran7.18
Budhan8.13
Chandra9.08
Sani10.03
Guru10.58
Sevvai11.54
Suriya12.49
Sukran1.44
Budhan2.39
Chandra3.34
Sani4.29
Guru5.25

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Tuesday 9.08 pm

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