Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
23
Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
10
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 9 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 3.58 pm, then Navami
Magamtill 1.39 pm, then Pooram
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.15–11.01
Yamagandamafternoon 2.30–4.16
Kuligaimorning 5.45–7.30
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.16–6.01evening 7.46–9.01

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, 4.16 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 4.13 pm.

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

4.16–7.46 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.18–1.13 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
4.16–6.01 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.45–7.30 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.45–7.37 am
9.15–11.01 am
2.30–4.16 pm
9.53–11.33 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 8.38 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.45 am
Sunset7.46 pm
Moonrise1.00 pm
Moonset1.51 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Ashtami, till 3.58 pm 25–33 nazhigaiNavami
Magam, till 1.39 pm 19–47 nazhigaiPooram
Vyaghata Yogam, till 4.13 pm caution 26–11 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 3.58 pm 25–33 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 3.55 am (next day) 55–25 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.25–5.04 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.45–7.30 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.45–7.37 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.15–11.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.16 am–12.51 pmA favourable window
12.18–1.13 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.30–4.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.53–11.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.45
Uthi17.30
Visham9.15
Amirtham211.01
Rogam12.45
Labam32.31
Dhanam4.16
Sugam6.02

Night

Labam7.46
Dhanam49.02
Sugam510.16
Soram11.30
Uthi12.46
Visham2.00
Amirtham3.15
Soram4.29

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Sthira Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 1.39 pm, computed)

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
Vrishabha5.45 am7.14 am
Mithuna7.14 am9.30 am
Kataka9.30 am11.54 am
Simha11.54 am2.16 pm
Kanya2.16 pm4.36 pm
Tula4.36 pm7.00 pm
Vrischika7.00 pm9.21 pm
Dhanu9.21 pm11.24 pm
Makara11.24 pm1.02 am
Kumbha1.02 am2.25 am
Meena2.25 am3.46 am
Mesha3.46 am5.17 am
Vrishabha5.17 am5.44 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.45
Guru6.55
Sevvai8.05
Suriya9.15
Sukran10.25
Budhan11.35
Chandra12.46
Sani1.56
Guru3.06
Sevvai4.16
Suriya5.26
Sukran6.36

Night

Budhan7.46
Chandra8.36
Sani9.26
Guru10.16
Sevvai11.06
Suriya11.56
Sukran12.45
Budhan1.35
Chandra2.25
Sani3.15
Guru4.05
Sevvai4.54

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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