Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
1
Sevvai
Theypirai
Dwadasitill 11.43 am, then Trayodasi
Poorattathitill 2.53 am (next day), then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamevening 4.27–6.07
Yamagandammorning 9.52–11.32
Kuligaiafternoon 1.10–2.49
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.08 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.32–1.10night 9.07–10.27

Computed for San Francisco, 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, 6.35 am to 9.13 am 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 Francisco

Computed for San Francisco, 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

6.35–9.13 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.32 am–1.10 pmClear of every caution
11.32 am–1.10 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.44–1.36 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.49–4.27 pmClear of every caution
6.07–7.45 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

9.13–10.06 am
9.48–11.22 am
9.52–11.32 am
1.10–2.49 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.27–6.07 pm
12.04–12.48 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 9.08 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 9.08 pm, until Thursday 11.33 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.35 am
Sunset7.45 pm
Moonrise5.29 am (next day)
Moonset4.53 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Wednesday 15 April: Masa Sivaratri.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Francisco 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Dwadasi, till 11.43 am 12–49 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Poorattathi, till 2.53 am (next day) 50–46 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Brahma Yogam, till 12.55 am (next day) 45–52 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 11.43 am 12–49 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 10.58 pm 40–58 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Francisco

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.09–5.52 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.13–10.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.48–11.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.52–11.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.44–1.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.10–2.49 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.27–6.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.08–8.40 pmA favourable window
12.04–12.48 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.35
Labam18.15
Dhanam29.53
Sugam11.32
Soram1.10
Uthi2.49
Visham4.27
Amirtham6.07

Night

Soram7.45
Uthi9.07
Visham10.27
Amirtham311.49
Rogam1.09
Labam2.31
Dhanam3.52
Sugam5.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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
Meena6.35 am6.39 am
Mesha6.39 am8.05 am
Vrishabha8.05 am9.55 am
Mithuna9.55 am12.12 pm
Kataka12.12 pm2.41 pm
Simha2.41 pm5.09 pm
Kanya5.09 pm7.36 pm
Tula7.36 pm10.05 pm
Vrischika10.05 pm12.29 am
Dhanu12.29 am2.30 am
Makara2.30 am4.04 am
Kumbha4.04 am5.21 am
Meena5.21 am6.34 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.35
Suriya7.41
Sukran8.47
Budhan9.53
Chandra10.59
Sani12.04
Guru1.10
Sevvai2.16
Suriya3.22
Sukran4.28
Budhan5.33
Chandra6.39

Night

Sani7.45
Guru8.39
Sevvai9.33
Suriya10.27
Sukran11.21
Budhan12.15
Chandra1.09
Sani2.04
Guru2.58
Sevvai3.52
Suriya4.46
Sukran5.40

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until 9.08 pm

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