Shastra Panchangam
May 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
11
Thingal
Valarpirai
Navamitill 9.01 am, then Dasami
Pooramtill 7.21 am, then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.03–9.20
Yamagandammorning 10.35–11.52
Kuligaiafternoon 1.08–2.25
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.38 pm: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.47–8.03evening 4.57–6.40

Computed for Sydney, in Sydney time (AEST). 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, 6.47 am to 8.03 am is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 7.46 am Tuesday.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Sydney

Computed for Sydney, 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

6.47–8.03 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.47–8.03 am, inside the clear stretch
11.32 am–12.12 pm; Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam also run

Avoid

8.03–9.20 am
10.35–11.52 am
12.12–12.53 pm
1.08–2.25 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.14–2.56 pm
2.56–4.38 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 1.38 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 1.38 pm, until Wednesday 11.31 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise6.47 am
Sunset4.57 pm
Moonrise1.27 pm
Moonset1.42 am (next day)
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sydney 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
Thingal (Monday)
Navami, till 9.01 am 5–36 nazhigaiDasami
Pooram, till 7.21 am 1–26 nazhigaiUthiram
Harshana Yogam, till 8.15 am 3–40 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.01 am 5–36 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 9.17 pm 36–15 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sydney

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.57–5.51 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.03–9.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.35–11.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.12 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.12–12.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.08–2.25 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.14–2.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.56–4.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.04–2.44 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.47
Visham8.03
Rogam9.19
Labam110.36
Dhanam211.52
Sugam31.09
Soram2.24
Uthi43.41

Night

Sugam4.57
Soram6.40
Uthi8.25
Amirtham10.09
Visham11.52
Rogam1.36
Labam3.20
Dhanam5.04

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Indu Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī (Uttaraphalgunī from 7.21 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
Vrishabha6.47 am8.27 am
Mithuna8.27 am10.30 am
Kataka10.30 am12.07 pm
Simha12.07 pm1.29 pm
Kanya1.29 pm2.48 pm
Tula2.48 pm4.18 pm
Vrischika4.18 pm6.11 pm
Dhanu6.11 pm8.27 pm
Makara8.27 pm10.52 pm
Kumbha10.52 pm1.15 am
Meena1.15 am3.37 am
Mesha3.37 am6.02 am
Vrishabha6.02 am6.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.47
Sani7.38
Guru8.28
Sevvai9.19
Suriya10.10
Sukran11.01
Budhan11.52
Chandra12.43
Sani1.34
Guru2.25
Sevvai3.15
Suriya4.06

Night

Sukran4.57
Budhan6.06
Chandra7.16
Sani8.25
Guru9.34
Sevvai10.43
Suriya11.52
Sukran1.01
Budhan2.11
Chandra3.20
Sani4.29
Guru5.38

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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