Shastra Panchangam
March 2026
21
Saturday
Visvavasu
Panguni
7
Sani

Valarpirai
Tritiyaitill 11.57 pm, then Chaturthi
Ashwinitill 12.38 am (next day), then Bharani
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.00–10.30
Yamagandamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Kuligaimorning 6.00–7.30
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Nalla Neram
morning 7.45–8.45evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45night 9.30–10.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Tirunelveli. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 10.56 am to 1.57 pm is the best of the day.

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


Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Tirunelveli

Computed for Tirunelveli, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

10.56 am–1.57 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.45–8.45 am; Kuligai and Durmuhurtham also run
8.00–9.24 amClear of every caution
10.45–11.45 am; Rahu Kalam also runs
12.02–12.50 pm
3.29–6.30 pmClear of every caution
4.45–5.45 pm, inside the clear stretch
9.30–10.30 pm

Avoid

6.23–7.54 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 6–7.30)
6.23–8.00 am
9.24–10.56 am (printed 9–10.30)
1.57–3.29 pm (printed 1.30–3)
8.56–10.25 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 4.15 am

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

For those born in Kanya 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
Sunset6.30 pm
Moonrise7.56 am
Moonset8.34 pm
SunMeena Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi, from 2.28 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Tirunelveli 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)
Tritiyai, till 11.57 pm 43–57 nazhigaiChaturthi
Ashwini, till 12.38 am (next day) 45–39 nazhigaiBharani
Indra Yogam, till 7.01 pm 31–37 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 1.15 pm 17–12 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 11.57 pm 43–57 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Tirunelveli

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.48–5.35 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.23–7.54 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.23–8.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.24–10.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.02–12.50 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.57–3.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.59–7.27 pmA favourable window
8.56–10.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.23
Uthi17.54
Visham9.24
Amirtham10.56
Rogam12.26
Labam21.58
Dhanam3.29
Sugam4.59

Night

Labam6.30
Dhanam37.59
Sugam49.28
Soram10.56
Uthi12.26
Visham1.54
Amirtham3.24
Soram4.53

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Mīna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Aśvinī

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
Meena6.23 am7.48 am
Mesha7.48 am9.40 am
Vrishabha9.40 am11.44 am
Mithuna11.44 am1.54 pm
Kataka1.54 pm4.01 pm
Simha4.01 pm6.00 pm
Kanya6.00 pm7.58 pm
Tula7.58 pm10.02 pm
Vrischika10.02 pm12.12 am
Dhanu12.12 am2.20 am
Makara2.20 am4.16 am
Kumbha4.16 am6.01 am
Meena6.01 am6.22 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.23
Guru7.23
Sevvai8.24
Suriya9.24
Sukran10.25
Budhan11.26
Chandra12.26
Sani1.27
Guru2.27
Sevvai3.28
Suriya4.29
Sukran5.29

Night

Budhan6.30
Chandra7.29
Sani8.29
Guru9.28
Sevvai10.27
Suriya11.27
Sukran12.26
Budhan1.25
Chandra2.25
Sani3.24
Guru4.23
Sevvai5.23

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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