Shastra Panchangam
April 2026
16
Thursday
Parabhava
Chithirai
3
Viyazhan

Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 8.12 pm, then Amavasai
Uthirattathitill 1.59 pm, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Yamagandammorning 6.00–7.30
Kuligaimorning 9.00–10.30
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45afternoon 12.15–1.15
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.30–11.30evening 6.30–7.30

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.27 am; Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 7.22 am Friday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer the printed Nalla Neram and ask your family's jyotishi.

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

10.30–11.30 am; Kuligai and Vaidhriti Yogam also run
10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai and Vaidhriti Yogam also run
11.55 am–12.43 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs
12.15–1.15 pm; Vaidhriti Yogam also runs
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

6.09–7.42 am (printed 6–7.30)
9.13–10.47 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 9–10.30)
1.51–3.24 pm (printed 1.30–3)
1.00–2.29 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 12.03 pm

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

Sunrise6.09 am
Sunset6.29 pm
Moonrise5.46 am (next day)
Moonset5.24 pm
SunMesha Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Friday 17 April: Amavasai.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Chaturdasi, till 8.12 pm 35–08 nazhigaiAmavasai
Uthirattathi, till 1.59 pm 19–35 nazhigaiRevathi
Indra Yogam, till 10.38 am 11–12 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.27 am caution 8–13 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 8.12 pm 35–08 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Tirunelveli

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.36–5.22 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.09–7.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.13–10.47 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
9.28–10.58 amA favourable window
11.55 am–12.43 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.51–3.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.00–2.29 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.09
Sugam27.42
Soram9.13
Uthi310.47
Amirtham412.19
Visham1.51
Rogam3.23
Labam54.57

Night

Amirtham6.29
Visham7.56
Rogam9.23
Labam10.52
Dhanam612.19
Sugam71.47
Soram3.13
Uthi4.42

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Vaidhriti Yogam; 4 Vaidhriti Yogam; 5 Vaidhriti Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Meṣa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Guru Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā (Revatī from 1.59 pm, 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
Mesha6.09 am7.57 am
Vrishabha7.57 am10.01 am
Mithuna10.01 am12.12 pm
Kataka12.12 pm2.19 pm
Simha2.19 pm4.18 pm
Kanya4.18 pm6.16 pm
Tula6.16 pm8.19 pm
Vrischika8.19 pm10.30 pm
Dhanu10.30 pm12.37 am
Makara12.37 am2.33 am
Kumbha2.33 am4.19 am
Meena4.19 am6.02 am
Mesha6.02 am6.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.09
Sevvai7.11
Suriya8.12
Sukran9.14
Budhan10.16
Chandra11.17
Sani12.19
Guru1.20
Sevvai2.22
Suriya3.24
Sukran4.25
Budhan5.27

Night

Chandra6.29
Sani7.27
Guru8.25
Sevvai9.24
Suriya10.22
Sukran11.20
Budhan12.19
Chandra1.17
Sani2.15
Guru3.14
Sevvai4.12
Suriya5.10

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until Friday 12.03 pm

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