Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
29
Friday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
16
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Vaikasi 15 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 11.28 pm, then Pournami
Visakamtill 12.51 am (next day), then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.00–12.47
Yamagandamevening 4.18–6.05
Kuligaimorning 7.28–9.15
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.09 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–11.00night 9.05–10.18

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

Parigha Yogam runs till 4.06 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

6.05–7.50 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.15–11.00 am; Parigha Yogam also runs
12.18–1.14 pm; Rahu Kalam and Parigha Yogam also run
4.06–4.18 pmShort clear window

Avoid

4.22–6.09 am, from before sunrise
7.28–9.15 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.00 am–12.47 pm
4.18–6.05 pm
5.19–7.07 am, early Saturday

Chandrashtamam

until 6.09 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 6.09 pm, until Monday 6.39 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.42 am
Sunset7.50 pm
Moonrise6.52 pm
Moonset4.47 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 30 May: Pournami.

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)
Chaturdasi, till 11.28 pm 44–26 nazhigaiPournami
Visakam, till 12.51 am (next day) 47–51 nazhigaiAnusham
Parigha Yogam, till 4.06 pm caution 25–59 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 10.23 am 11–43 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 11.28 pm 44–26 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.22–6.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
4.24–5.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.28–9.15 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.00 am–12.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.18–1.14 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.04–4.49 pmA favourable window
4.18–6.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.19–7.07 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.42
Soram7.28
Uthi29.15
Visham11.00
Amirtham312.47
Rogam2.32
Labam44.19
Dhanam6.05

Night

Rogam7.50
Labam9.05
Dhanam10.19
Sugam11.33
Soram12.46
Uthi2.01
Visham3.14
Amirtham54.28

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Vrishabha5.42 am6.51 am
Mithuna6.51 am9.06 am
Kataka9.06 am11.30 am
Simha11.30 am1.52 pm
Kanya1.52 pm4.13 pm
Tula4.13 pm6.36 pm
Vrischika6.36 pm8.57 pm
Dhanu8.57 pm11.00 pm
Makara11.00 pm12.39 am
Kumbha12.39 am2.02 am
Meena2.02 am3.22 am
Mesha3.22 am4.53 am
Vrishabha4.53 am5.42 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.42
Budhan6.53
Chandra8.04
Sani9.14
Guru10.25
Sevvai11.36
Suriya12.46
Sukran1.57
Budhan3.08
Chandra4.18
Sani5.29
Guru6.40

Night

Sevvai7.50
Suriya8.40
Sukran9.29
Budhan10.18
Chandra11.07
Sani11.57
Guru12.46
Sevvai1.35
Suriya2.25
Sukran3.14
Budhan4.03
Chandra4.53

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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