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Panchangam 17 May 2026 · Chennai

Sunday, 17 May 2026 ·
Vakya panchangamThe traditional reckoning that Tamil Nadu temples and printed calendars follow.

Sunday, 17 May 2026 · Parabhava year

Vaikasi 3

வைகாசி 3

Valarpirai Prathamai until 11:44 pm, then Dwithiyai வளர்பிறை பிரதமை · இரவு 11:44 வரை, பிறகு துவிதியை

Karthigai until 4:00 pm, then Rohini கார்த்திகை · மாலை 4:00 வரை, பிறகு ரோகிணி

Sunrise5:52 am
Sunset6:28 pm
No special observance on this day.
Rahu Kalam · avoid4:30 – 6:00 pm Now
Good time (Nalla Neram)8:00 – 9:00 am3:30 – 4:30 pm Now
Yamagandam12:00 – 1:30 pm
Kuligai3:00 – 4:30 pm
Soolam · remedySoolam: the direction to avoid travelling in that day. Remedy: what to take first if you must go that way.
West · Jaggery
ChandrashtamamThe two and a half days when the Moon is in the eighth sign from your rasi; people of these rasis put off big decisions by tradition.
Thulam
Moonrise5:47 am
Day type (Naal)Downward day
YogamOne of 27 parts worked out from the Sun's and Moon's positions together; shown with the time it ends.
Sobhanam until 7:09 am
KaranamHalf of a thithi; each thithi has two. Shown with the time it ends.
Kimstughna until 12:56 pm
Other methodGowri Nalla Neram

Gowri Nalla Neram: a separate tradition that cuts day and night into eight parts each. Most families go by the almanac's Nalla Neram.

Good parts by the Gowri tradition:

6:00 – 9:00 am10:30 am – 12:00 pm1:30 – 3:00 pm6:00 – 9:00 pm12:00 – 3:00 am (next day)4:30 – 6:00 am (next day)
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Other methodThirukanitham

Thirukanitham: the modern astronomical reckoning, worked out from your city's actual sunrise. Some calendars print it.

Thithi (lunar day)
Valarpirai Prathamai until 9:41 pm
Nakshatram (star)
Karthigai until 2:32 pm
Yogam
Sobhanam until 6:15 am
Karanam
Kimstughna until 11:36 am
Sunrise · sunset
5:42 am · 6:27 pm
Rahu Kalam
4:52 – 6:27 pm
Yamagandam
12:05 – 1:40 pm
Kuligai
3:16 – 4:52 pm
Good time (Nalla Neram)
5:42 – 8:54 am 10:29 am – 12:05 pm 1:40 – 3:16 pm
Gowri good time
5:42 – 8:54 am 10:29 am – 12:05 pm 1:40 – 3:16 pm 6:27 – 9:16 pm 12:05 – 2:53 am (next day) 4:18 – 5:42 am (next day)

On Sunday 17 May 2026, in Chennai: Tamil date Vaikasi 3 (Parabhava year); thithi Valarpirai Prathamai until 11:44 pm, nakshatram Karthigai until 4:00 pm; Rahu Kalam 4:30 – 6:00 pm, Nalla Neram 8:00 – 9:00 am and 3:30 – 4:30 pm (Vakya panchangam).

தமிழ் தினசரி காலண்டர் 17 மே 2026: வைகாசி 3, ஞாயிறு; ராகு காலம் மாலை 4:30 – 6:00, நல்ல நேரம் காலை 8:00 – 9:00, பிற்பகல் 3:30 – 4:30

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