Shastra Panchangam
March 2027
17
Wednesday
Parabhava
Panguni
4
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Panguni 3 on this day. Here Panguni began a day earlier, on Sunday 14 March.

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 3.52 pm, then Ekadasi
Punarpoosamtill 4.38 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.18–2.49
Yamagandammorning 8.48–10.19
Kuligaimorning 11.48–1.19
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.03 am: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.18–8.48evening 7.18–8.47

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, 2.49 pm to 5.17 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 2.05 pm Thursday.

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

2.49–5.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.18–8.48 amClear of every caution
7.18–8.48 am, inside the clear stretch
10.19–11.48 amClear of every caution

Avoid

8.48–10.19 am
11.48 am–1.19 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.54–1.43 pm
1.18–2.49 pm
12.02–1.31 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 11.03 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 11.03 am, until Friday 1.02 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise7.18 am
Sunset7.18 pm
Moonrise1.37 pm
Moonset5.26 am (next day)
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 18 March: 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Dasami, till 3.52 pm 21–26 nazhigaiEkadasi
Punarpoosam, till 4.38 pm 23–20 nazhigaiPoosam
Shobhana Yogam, till 5.17 pm 25–00 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 3.52 pm 21–26 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 2.38 am (next day) 48–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Seattle

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.42–6.30 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.48–10.19 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.48 am–1.19 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.54–1.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.18–2.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.24–3.52 pmA favourable window
12.02–1.31 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam7.18
Dhanam18.49
Sugam10.19
Soram11.48
Visham1.18
Uthi2.49
Amirtham24.19
Rogam5.48

Night

Uthi7.18
Amirtham8.48
Rogam10.17
Labam311.48
Dhanam41.18
Sugam2.47
Soram4.16
Visham5.46

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Saumya Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 4.38 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
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha7.18 am7.18 am
Meena7.18 am8.17 am
Mesha8.17 am9.29 am
Vrishabha9.29 am11.11 am
Mithuna11.11 am1.32 pm
Kataka1.32 pm4.14 pm
Simha4.14 pm6.56 pm
Kanya6.56 pm9.39 pm
Tula9.39 pm12.22 am
Vrischika12.22 am2.54 am
Dhanu2.54 am4.52 am
Makara4.52 am6.13 am
Kumbha6.13 am7.15 am
Meena7.15 am7.16 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.18
Chandra8.18
Sani9.18
Guru10.18
Sevvai11.18
Suriya12.18
Sukran1.18
Budhan2.18
Chandra3.18
Sani4.18
Guru5.18
Sevvai6.18

Night

Suriya7.18
Sukran8.18
Budhan9.18
Chandra10.18
Sani11.17
Guru12.17
Sevvai1.17
Suriya2.17
Sukran3.17
Budhan4.17
Chandra5.16
Sani6.16

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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