Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
14
Thursday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
1
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Chithirai 31 on this day. Here Vaikasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 May.

Theypirai
Trayodasitill 8.02 pm, then Chaturdasi
Revathitill 10.04 am, then Ashwini
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.59–4.53
Yamagandammorning 5.33–7.26
Kuligaimorning 9.19–11.13
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.05 am: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.13–1.06evening 8.39–9.45

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, 11.13 am to 2.59 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.25 am Friday.

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

11.13 am–2.59 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.26–9.19 amClear of every caution
11.13 am–1.06 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.36–1.36 pm
4.53–8.01 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.33–7.26 am
9.19–11.13 am, what begins now is said to repeat
2.59–4.53 pm
4.08–5.35 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until 10.05 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 10.05 am, until Saturday 10.17 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.33 am
Sunset8.39 pm
Moonrise4.29 am (next day)
Moonset6.23 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Trayodasi, till 8.02 pm 36–15 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Revathi, till 10.04 am 11–19 nazhigaiAshwini
Ayushman Yogam, till 1.51 am (next day) 50–49 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 9.31 am 9–56 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 8.02 pm 36–15 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Seattle

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.22–4.57 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.33–7.26 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.51–9.19 am
1.15–2.41 am		A favourable window
9.19–11.13 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.36–1.36 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.59–4.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.08–5.35 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.33
Sugam7.26
Soram9.19
Uthi11.13
Amirtham1.07
Visham2.59
Rogam4.52
Labam26.47

Night

Amirtham8.39
Visham9.45
Rogam10.52
Labam11.59
Dhanam1.06
Sugam2.12
Soram3.18
Uthi34.25

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Revatī (Aśvinī from 10.04 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
Mesha5.33 am5.40 am
Vrishabha5.40 am7.22 am
Mithuna7.22 am9.43 am
Kataka9.43 am12.25 pm
Simha12.25 pm3.07 pm
Kanya3.07 pm5.50 pm
Tula5.50 pm8.33 pm
Vrischika8.33 pm11.05 pm
Dhanu11.05 pm1.03 am
Makara1.03 am2.24 am
Kumbha2.24 am3.26 am
Meena3.26 am4.24 am
Mesha4.24 am5.31 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.33
Sevvai6.48
Suriya8.04
Sukran9.19
Budhan10.35
Chandra11.50
Sani1.06
Guru2.22
Sevvai3.37
Suriya4.53
Sukran6.08
Budhan7.24

Night

Chandra8.39
Sani9.24
Guru10.08
Sevvai10.52
Suriya11.37
Sukran12.21
Budhan1.05
Chandra1.50
Sani2.34
Guru3.18
Sevvai4.03
Suriya4.47

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until 10.05 am

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