Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
12
Tuesday
Parabhava
Chithirai
29
Sevvai
Theypirai
Dasamitill 9.23 pm, then Ekadasi
Sathayamtill 7.59 am, then Poorattathi
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.52–4.17
Yamagandammorning 9.12–10.38
Kuligaiafternoon 12.02–1.28
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.56 am (next day): Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.17–5.42night 7.18–8.52

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, 6.23 am to 7.34 am is the best of the day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 5.50 am Wednesday; Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.23 pm.

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

6.23–7.34 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.40 am–12.25 pm; Kuligai, Vaidhriti Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
4.17–5.42 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.38–9.25 am
9.12–10.38 am
12.02–1.28 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.19–3.56 pm
2.52–4.17 pm
10.46–11.38 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 1.56 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 1.56 am, until Friday 5.05 am

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

Sunrise6.23 am
Sunset5.42 pm
Moonrise2.25 am (next day)
Moonset2.01 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 13 May: Ekadasi.

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)
Dasami, till 9.23 pm 37–29 nazhigaiEkadasi
Sathayam, till 7.59 am 3–59 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Indra Yogam, till 7.34 am 2–58 nazhigai
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 5.50 am (next day) caution 58–35 nazhigai		Vishkambha Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 9.45 am 8–26 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.23 pm caution 37–29 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.42–5.32 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.38–9.25 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.12–10.38 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.02–1.28 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.19–3.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.52–4.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.46–11.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.52 pm–1.26 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.23
Labam17.48
Dhanam29.13
Sugam310.38
Soram12.02
Uthi41.28
Visham2.52
Amirtham54.17

Night

Soram5.42
Uthi7.17
Visham8.52
Amirtham610.28
Rogam12.02
Labam1.38
Dhanam3.14
Sugam4.49

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 7.59 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
Mesha6.23 am6.41 am
Vrishabha6.41 am8.55 am
Mithuna8.55 am11.01 am
Kataka11.01 am12.51 pm
Simha12.51 pm2.28 pm
Kanya2.28 pm4.04 pm
Tula4.04 pm5.48 pm
Vrischika5.48 pm7.48 pm
Dhanu7.48 pm10.01 pm
Makara10.01 pm12.13 am
Kumbha12.13 am2.21 am
Meena2.21 am4.27 am
Mesha4.27 am6.23 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.23
Suriya7.20
Sukran8.16
Budhan9.13
Chandra10.09
Sani11.06
Guru12.02
Sevvai12.59
Suriya1.56
Sukran2.52
Budhan3.49
Chandra4.45

Night

Sani5.42
Guru6.45
Sevvai7.49
Suriya8.52
Sukran9.56
Budhan10.59
Chandra12.03
Sani1.06
Guru2.10
Sevvai3.13
Suriya4.17
Sukran5.20

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Wednesday 1.56 am

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