Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
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Tuesday
Visvavasu
Maasi
12
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Saptamitill 2.33 pm, then Ashtami
Karthigaitill 10.37 pm, then Rohini
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.50–6.29
Yamagandammorning 10.17–11.56
Kuligaiafternoon 1.33–3.13
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.29–8.07night 9.30–10.50

Computed for Auckland, in New Zealand time (NZDT). Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Kuligai from its own sunrise; Gowri Nalla Neram from its sunrise and sunset. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 7.00 am to 9.37 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.28 am Wednesday; Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 11.57 am Wednesday.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Auckland

Computed for Auckland, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.

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

7.00–9.37 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.51–1.33 pmShort clear window
1.08–2.00 pm; Kuligai also runs
6.29–8.07 pm; Bhadra Karanam and Vaidhriti Yogam also run

Avoid

9.37–10.31 am
10.17–11.56 am
11.20 am–12.51 pm
1.33–3.13 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.50–6.29 pm
12.28–1.13 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 8.25 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise7.00 am
Sunset8.07 pm
Moonrise2.16 pm
Moonset11.38 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi, from 5.43 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Auckland's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Auckland 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Saptami, till 2.33 pm 18–50 nazhigaiAshtami
Karthigai, till 10.37 pm 39–01 nazhigaiRohini
Indra Yogam, till 2.54 pm 19–43 nazhigaiVaidhriti Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 2.33 pm 18–50 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.28 am (next day) caution 46–06 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.34–6.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.37–10.31 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.17–11.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.20 am–12.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.08–2.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.33–3.13 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.50–6.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.23–9.52 pmA favourable window
12.28–1.13 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.00
Labam18.39
Dhanam210.18
Sugam311.56
Soram1.33
Uthi43.13
Visham4.50
Amirtham56.29

Night

Soram8.07
Uthi9.29
Visham10.50
Amirtham612.13
Rogam1.34
Labam2.57
Dhanam4.18
Sugam5.40

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Kṛttikā

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1947
2082
2081
5127
1201

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kumbha7.00 am8.38 am
Meena8.38 am11.04 am
Mesha11.04 am1.32 pm
Vrishabha1.32 pm3.55 pm
Mithuna3.55 pm5.57 pm
Kataka5.57 pm7.32 pm
Simha7.32 pm8.50 pm
Kanya8.50 pm10.05 pm
Tula10.05 pm11.32 pm
Vrischika11.32 pm1.23 am
Dhanu1.23 am3.40 am
Makara3.40 am6.07 am
Kumbha6.07 am7.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.00
Suriya8.06
Sukran9.12
Budhan10.17
Chandra11.23
Sani12.28
Guru1.34
Sevvai2.39
Suriya3.45
Sukran4.51
Budhan5.56
Chandra7.02

Night

Sani8.07
Guru9.02
Sevvai9.56
Suriya10.51
Sukran11.45
Budhan12.40
Chandra1.34
Sani2.29
Guru3.23
Sevvai4.18
Suriya5.12
Sukran6.07

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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