Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
25
Saturday
Parabhava
Chithirai
12
Sani
Valarpirai
Dasamitill 5.37 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Ayilyamtill 7.35 am, then Magam
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.34–11.22
Yamagandamafternoon 2.54–4.41
Kuligaimorning 6.02–7.49
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.35 am: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.41–6.27night 9.27–10.40

Computed for Seattle, 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, 11.22 am to 2.54 pm is the best of the day.

Ganda Yogam runs till 11.14 am.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Seattle

Computed for Seattle, 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

11.22 am–2.54 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.40–1.36 pm
4.41–7.46 pmClear of every caution
4.41–6.27 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.02–7.49 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.02–7.56 am
9.34–11.22 am
2.54–4.41 pm
7.46–9.24 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 7.35 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 7.35 am, until Monday 3.06 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

Sunrise6.02 am
Sunset8.14 pm
Moonrise2.02 pm
Moonset3.58 am (next day)
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 26 April: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Seattle 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)
Dasami, till 5.37 am (next day) 59–04 nazhigaiEkadasi
Ayilyam, till 7.35 am 3–54 nazhigaiMagam
Ganda Yogam, till 11.14 am caution 13–00 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 5.44 pm 29–18 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 5.37 am (next day) 59–04 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Seattle

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.44–5.22 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.00–7.34 am
5.32–7.08 am		A favourable window
6.02–7.49 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.02–7.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.34–11.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.40–1.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.54–4.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.46–9.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.02
Uthi17.49
Visham9.34
Amirtham11.22
Rogam1.07
Labam22.55
Dhanam4.41
Sugam36.28

Night

Labam48.14
Dhanam9.27
Sugam10.41
Soram11.53
Uthi1.07
Visham2.20
Amirtham3.34
Soram4.46

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Āśleṣā (Maghā from 7.35 am, 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
Mesha6.02 am6.55 am
Vrishabha6.55 am8.37 am
Mithuna8.37 am10.58 am
Kataka10.58 am1.39 pm
Simha1.39 pm4.22 pm
Kanya4.22 pm7.04 pm
Tula7.04 pm9.48 pm
Vrischika9.48 pm12.20 am
Dhanu12.20 am2.17 am
Makara2.17 am3.38 am
Kumbha3.38 am4.40 am
Meena4.40 am5.39 am
Mesha5.39 am6.00 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.02
Guru7.13
Sevvai8.24
Suriya9.35
Sukran10.46
Budhan11.57
Chandra1.08
Sani2.19
Guru3.30
Sevvai4.41
Suriya5.52
Sukran7.03

Night

Budhan8.14
Chandra9.03
Sani9.51
Guru10.40
Sevvai11.29
Suriya12.18
Sukran1.07
Budhan1.56
Chandra2.45
Sani3.33
Guru4.22
Sevvai5.11

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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