Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
12
Tuesday
Plavanga
Margazhi
28
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Panchamitill 11.32 pm, then Shashti
Poorattathitill 8.35 am (next day), then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.29–3.35
Yamagandammorning 10.05–11.12
Kuligaiafternoon 12.17–1.24
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.11 am (next day): Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.12–12.17night 6.35–8.28

Computed for Bellevue, in US Pacific time (PST). 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, 7.54 am to 9.39 am is the best of the day.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Bellevue

Computed for Bellevue, 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

7.54–9.39 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.12 am–12.17 pmClear of every caution
11.12 am–12.17 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.00–12.34 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.24–1.37 pmShort clear window
3.35–4.41 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

9.39–10.15 am
10.05–11.12 am
12.17–1.24 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.37–3.21 pm
2.29–3.35 pm
10.45–11.47 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 2.11 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 2.11 am, until Friday 10.22 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise7.54 am
Sunset4.41 pm
Moonrise10.06 am
Moonset9.57 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Wednesday 13 January: Bhogi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Bellevue 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)
Panchami, till 11.32 pm 39–07 nazhigaiShashti
Poorattathi, till 8.35 am (next day) 61–44 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Variyan Yogam, till 4.24 am (next day) 51–17 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 10.50 am 7–21 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 11.32 pm 39–07 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Bellevue

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.52–6.52 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.39–10.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.05–11.12 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.00–12.34 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.17–1.24 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.37–3.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.29–3.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.45–11.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.58 pm–1.41 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.54
Labam19.00
Dhanam210.06
Sugam11.12
Soram12.17
Uthi31.24
Visham2.29
Amirtham3.35

Night

Soram4.41
Uthi6.35
Visham8.28
Amirtham410.23
Rogam12.17
Labam2.12
Dhanam4.06
Sugam6.00

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu7.54 am8.07 am
Makara8.07 am9.28 am
Kumbha9.28 am10.30 am
Meena10.30 am11.29 am
Mesha11.29 am12.40 pm
Vrishabha12.40 pm2.22 pm
Mithuna2.22 pm4.43 pm
Kataka4.43 pm7.25 pm
Simha7.25 pm10.08 pm
Kanya10.08 pm12.50 am
Tula12.50 am3.33 am
Vrischika3.33 am6.05 am
Dhanu6.05 am7.53 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.54
Suriya8.38
Sukran9.22
Budhan10.06
Chandra10.49
Sani11.33
Guru12.17
Sevvai1.01
Suriya1.45
Sukran2.29
Budhan3.13
Chandra3.57

Night

Sani4.41
Guru5.57
Sevvai7.13
Suriya8.29
Sukran9.45
Budhan11.01
Chandra12.17
Sani1.33
Guru2.49
Sevvai4.05
Suriya5.21
Sukran6.37

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Wednesday 2.11 am

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