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Gowri Panchang — Gowri Nalla Neram

Find the eight Gowri Panchang periods for any city and date. This traditional South Indian timing system divides the day from sunrise to sunset into eight equal slots — Amrutha, Laabam, Dhanam and others — each with a traditional auspicious or inauspicious classification.

Traditional Tamil timing tool. Regional and textual variants exist — some traditions use different period names or orderings. The table used here follows a widely-published South Indian Gowri Nalla Neram chart (Drikpanchang / Pambu Panchangam). Night periods are shown by some sites; the night-rotation table varies significantly across sources, so we show the daytime table only.

How Gowri Panchang is calculated

The daylight span (sunrise to sunset) for the chosen location is divided into eight equal parts. The name assigned to each part depends on the weekday: each weekday has a fixed starting period, and the sequence of eight names rotates from there. This tool uses precise local sunrise and sunset, applies the standard South Indian Gowri Nalla Neram weekday-rotation table, and highlights whichever period is currently active. Because regional and textual variants exist, the tool clearly notes that local almanacs (panchangam) may show a different order. The auspicious classification of each period (Amrutha, Laabam, Dhanam as favourable; Rogam, Soram, Uthi, Visham as inauspicious; Sugam as neutral) follows the mainstream published tradition.

Frequently asked questions

What is Gowri Panchang?
Gowri Panchang (also called Gowri Nalla Neram in Tamil) is a South Indian timing system that divides the daylight hours from sunrise to sunset into eight equal periods. Each period carries a name — such as Amrutha, Laabam, Dhanam, Rogam or Visham — and a traditional auspicious or inauspicious classification. The sequence of names rotates by weekday.
What are the eight period names and their meanings?
Amrutha (nectar — most auspicious), Laabam (gain, profit), Dhanam (wealth), Sugam (comfort, auspicious), Rogam (illness, inauspicious), Soram (burden, inauspicious), Uthi (inauspicious time) and Visham (difficulty, inauspicious). The four auspicious periods (Amrutha, Laabam, Dhanam and Sugam) are the Nalla Neram — "good time" — of the day.
Is this the same as North Indian Choghadiya?
They serve a similar purpose but use different names, a different number of divisions and different rotation tables. Choghadiya uses 7 period names across 8 slots; Gowri Panchang uses 8 distinct period names. Both are derived from local sunrise and weekday, but they are separate regional traditions.
Do regional variants exist?
Yes. South Indian Gowri Panchang has regional and textual variants that differ in the order of period names for each weekday, in the exact names used (some traditions say Amridham instead of Amrutha, or Labham instead of Laabam), and in whether Sugam is treated as auspicious or neutral. This tool uses a widely-published standard table; local almanacs (panchangam) may differ.
Which weekday starts with Amrutha?
Thursday is traditionally considered the most auspicious day in this system because the first period of Thursday is Amrutha — the most auspicious of the eight periods.