🦚 Pancha Pakshi

पञ्च पक्षी

Five-bird system for auspicious action timing · from Tamil Siddha tradition

How it works

Your birth nakshatra determines your ruling bird (Janma Pakshi). Each day is divided into 10 periods — 5 during the day, 5 at night. In each period, your bird performs one of five activities: Ruling (best) · Eating · Walking · Sleeping · Dying (avoid). Choose your actions based on your bird's activity in each period.

Step 1 · Enter Your Birth Details

Time and location

Time of Birth

Time unknown — use a noon estimate

Birth City / Place

✓

✓ 28.6139°N, 77.2090°E

Custom location or recorded UTC offset

UTC offset at this date and time

Supported cities use their historical time zone, including daylight saving. For another location or an ambiguous clock change, enter the recorded offset in hours.

Step 2 · Check Date

Schedule location

✓

✓ 28.6139°N, 77.2090°E

UTC offset for a custom schedule location

Offset in hours

Activity Guide

Ruling (शासन)— Highly auspicious. Start important tasks, make decisions, meet authorities.

Eating (भोजन)— Good time. Business dealings, negotiations, acquiring things.

Walking (चरण)— Average. Routine work, travel, communication.

Sleeping (निद्रा)— Unfavorable. Avoid initiating important matters.

Dying (मरण)— Inauspicious. Avoid all new ventures and important activities.

🐦 The Five Birds · पञ्च पक्षी

🦅

Vulture · Gridhra (गृध्र)

Nakshatras: 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26

🦉

Owl · Uluka (उलूक)

Nakshatras: 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27

🐦‍⬛

Crow · Kaka (काक)

Nakshatras: 3, 8, 13, 18, 23,

🐓

Cock · Kukkuta (कुक्कुट)

Nakshatras: 4, 9, 14, 19, 24,

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Peacock · Mayura (मयूर)

Nakshatras: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25,

Pancha Pakshi is from the Tamil Siddha tradition. Implementations vary slightly across regional lineages.