Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
5
Tuesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
22
Sevvai
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 11.55 am, then Chaturthi
Kettaitill 7.25 pm, then Moolam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.53–4.20
Yamagandammorning 9.11–10.38
Kuligaiafternoon 12.02–1.29
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.25 pm: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarterThen: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.20–5.45night 7.20–8.53

Computed for Suva, in Fiji time. 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, 4.20 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.55 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Suva

Computed for Suva, 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

4.20–5.45 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.41 am–12.25 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
11.55 am–12.02 pmShort clear window
1.29–2.53 pmClear of every caution
4.20–5.45 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.37–9.24 am
9.11–10.38 am
12.02–1.29 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.53–4.20 pm
10.47–11.38 pm, in the evening
4.24–6.13 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 7.25 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha Rasi.

Then

from 7.25 pm, until Friday 7.57 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise6.21 am
Sunset5.45 pm
Moonrise8.13 pm
Moonset9.01 am
SunMesha Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Suva 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)
Tritiyai, till 11.55 am 13–55 nazhigaiChaturthi
Kettai, till 7.25 pm 32–40 nazhigaiMoolam
Shiva Yogam, till 6.47 am (next day) 61–04 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.55 am caution 13–55 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.08 am (next day) 46–58 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.41–5.30 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.37–9.24 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.11–10.38 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.33–11.19 amA favourable window
11.41 am–12.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.02–1.29 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.53–4.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.47–11.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.24–6.13 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.21
Labam17.47
Dhanam29.12
Sugam310.38
Soram12.02
Uthi1.29
Visham2.53
Amirtham4.20

Night

Soram5.45
Uthi7.20
Visham8.53
Amirtham410.29
Rogam12.02
Labam1.38
Dhanam53.13
Sugam64.47

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Durmuhurtham; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Jyeṣṭhā

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
Mesha6.21 am7.09 am
Vrishabha7.09 am9.22 am
Mithuna9.22 am11.29 am
Kataka11.29 am1.19 pm
Simha1.19 pm2.56 pm
Kanya2.56 pm4.31 pm
Tula4.31 pm6.15 pm
Vrischika6.15 pm8.16 pm
Dhanu8.16 pm10.28 pm
Makara10.28 pm12.41 am
Kumbha12.41 am2.48 am
Meena2.48 am4.54 am
Mesha4.54 am6.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.21
Suriya7.18
Sukran8.15
Budhan9.12
Chandra10.09
Sani11.06
Guru12.03
Sevvai1.00
Suriya1.57
Sukran2.54
Budhan3.51
Chandra4.48

Night

Sani5.45
Guru6.48
Sevvai7.51
Suriya8.54
Sukran9.57
Budhan11.00
Chandra12.03
Sani1.06
Guru2.09
Sevvai3.12
Suriya4.15
Sukran5.18

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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