Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Saturday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
2, Amavasai
Sani
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 11.42 am, then Amavasai
Bharanitill 12.01 am (next day), then Karthigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalammorning 9.13–10.38
Yamagandamafternoon 1.26–2.52
Kuligaimorning 6.25–7.49
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.17 am (next day): Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.16–5.40night 7.16–8.51

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, 2.52 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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

No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
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

2.52–5.40 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.55–9.13 amClear of every caution
10.38–11.15 amShort clear window
11.40 am–12.24 pm; Tyajyam also runs
12.41–1.26 pmShort clear window
4.16–5.40 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.25–7.49 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.25–7.55 am
9.13–10.38 am
11.15 am–12.41 pm
1.26–2.52 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 5.17 am

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

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 5.17 am, until Tuesday 4.35 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.25 am
Sunset5.40 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Sunday
Moonset4.46 pm
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturdasi, till 11.42 am 13–13 nazhigaiAmavasai
Bharani, till 12.01 am (next day) 43–59 nazhigaiKarthigai
Saubhagya Yogam, till 4.56 pm 26–18 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Shakuni Karanam, till 11.42 am 13–13 nazhigai
Chatushpada Karanam, till 9.53 pm 38–41 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.43–5.33 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.25–7.49 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.25–7.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.13–10.38 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.15 am–12.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.26–2.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.46–9.10 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.25
Uthi17.49
Visham9.13
Amirtham210.38
Rogam12.02
Labam31.27
Dhanam2.52
Sugam4.16

Night

Labam5.40
Dhanam7.16
Sugam8.52
Soram10.27
Uthi12.03
Visham1.38
Amirtham3.14
Soram4.49

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Bharaṇī

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
Mesha6.25 am6.25 am
Vrishabha6.25 am8.39 am
Mithuna8.39 am10.45 am
Kataka10.45 am12.35 pm
Simha12.35 pm2.13 pm
Kanya2.13 pm3.48 pm
Tula3.48 pm5.32 pm
Vrischika5.32 pm7.32 pm
Dhanu7.32 pm9.45 pm
Makara9.45 pm11.58 pm
Kumbha11.58 pm2.05 am
Meena2.05 am4.11 am
Mesha4.11 am6.21 am
Vrishabha6.21 am6.25 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.25
Guru7.21
Sevvai8.17
Suriya9.13
Sukran10.10
Budhan11.06
Chandra12.02
Sani12.59
Guru1.55
Sevvai2.51
Suriya3.48
Sukran4.44

Night

Budhan5.40
Chandra6.44
Sani7.48
Guru8.52
Sevvai9.55
Suriya10.59
Sukran12.03
Budhan1.06
Chandra2.10
Sani3.14
Guru4.17
Sevvai5.21

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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