About
Panjangam is a Tamil panchangam and calendar written in English, with the Tamil terms alongside. It is for anyone who follows the Tamil calendar and prefers to read it in English, in Tamil Nadu, elsewhere in India or abroad.
What you will find here
- Daily panchangam for every date, covering the five elements of the day (tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga, karana) with the times each one changes, the Tamil and lunar month, sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram, Abhijit, Gowri Panchangam, hora, lagnam times, choghadiya and chandrashtamam.
- Nine cities: Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem, Bangalore, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Colombo, each calculated for its own location and time zone.
- Monthly Tamil calendars showing the Tamil date, tithi, nakshatra and festivals for each day.
- Tamil festivals by year, with Tamil Nadu government holidays and the monthly vrat days (Amavasai, Pournami, Ekadashi, Pradosham, Sankatahara Chaturthi, Sashti, Karthigai and Masa Sivarathiri).
How the timings are calculated
Every timing on this site is calculated, not copied from a printed almanac. We use the Drik method: the actual positions of the Sun and Moon, computed with the Swiss Ephemeris, in the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri ayanamsa. The panchang day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise at the city you have selected.
Tamil dates (the Tamil month and day) follow the traditional Vakya reckoning used by Tamil almanacs, so, for example, Pongal falls on Thai 1. Where our Vakya table does not yet cover a date, the Tamil date is calculated with the Drik method and marked “(Drik)”.
Festival and vrat dates follow the Tamil Nadu calendar, and government holidays follow the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. For cities outside Tamil Nadu, the timings on each page are local, but a temple or community there may occasionally observe a festival a day apart.
A note on traditions
Traditional Vakya almanacs can also place a tithi or nakshatra change a little differently from the Drik timings used here. For a ritual, a wedding or any important event, please confirm the timing with your family priest or temple.
Who we are
Panjangam is published by Dailyworks Commerce Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, Chennai. If you spot a mistake, please tell us. See the Contact page.