January 2027

Friday

Plavanga

Margazhi

Velli

Theypirai

Dasamitill 8.55 am (next day), then Ekadasi

Chithiraitill 12.00 pm, then Swathi

Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalammorning 11.12–12.12

Yamagandamafternoon 2.07–3.07

Kuligaimorning 9.16–10.15

ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi

SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 8.18–9.16night 7.45–8.07

Computed for Birmingham, in UK time (GMT). 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, 12.12 pm to 2.07 pm 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 Birmingham

Computed for Birmingham, 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

12.12–2.07 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

8.18–9.16 amShort clear window

8.18–9.16 am, inside the clear stretch

10.15–11.12 amShort clear window

11.56 am–12.26 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs

3.07–4.04 pmShort clear window

Avoid

9.16–10.15 am, what begins now is said to repeat

11.12 am–12.12 pm

2.07–3.07 pm

6.01–7.45 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 9.31 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise8.18 am

Sunset4.04 pm

Moonrise3.37 am (next day)

Moonset11.35 am

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Birmingham 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Velli (Friday)
	Dasami, till 8.55 am (next day) 61–33 nazhigai	Ekadasi
	Chithirai, till 12.00 pm 9–15 nazhigai	Swathi
	Sukarma Yogam, till 5.59 am (next day) 54–13 nazhigai	Dhriti Yogam
	Vanija Karanam, till 8.13 pm 29–49 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

Window	Time	Traditional use
	6.08–7.12 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	9.16–10.15 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	11.12 am–12.12 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.56 am–12.26 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	2.07–3.07 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	6.01–7.45 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	4.22–6.04 am	A favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam8.18

Soram9.16

Uthi10.15

Visham11.12

Amirtham12.12

Rogam1.09

Labam¹2.08

Dhanam3.07

Night

Rogam4.04

Labam²6.07

Dhanam8.08

Sugam10.10

Soram12.11

Uthi2.13

Visham4.14

Amirtham6.16

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Citrā (Svātī from 12.00 pm, computed)

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

1949

2084

5129

1202

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

Lagnam

Rising sign	From	To
Dhanu	8.18 am	9.11 am
Makara	9.11 am	10.23 am
Kumbha	10.23 am	11.15 am
Meena	11.15 am	12.04 pm
Mesha	12.04 pm	1.06 pm
Vrishabha	1.06 pm	2.42 pm
Mithuna	2.42 pm	5.06 pm
Kataka	5.06 pm	7.56 pm
Simha	7.56 pm	10.49 pm
Kanya	10.49 pm	1.41 am
Tula	1.41 am	4.34 am
Vrischika	4.34 am	7.12 am
Dhanu	7.12 am	8.18 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran8.18

Budhan8.57

Chandra9.36

Sani10.14

Guru10.53

Sevvai11.32

Suriya12.11

Sukran12.50

Budhan1.29

Chandra2.08

Sani2.47

Guru3.26

Night

Sevvai4.04

Suriya5.26

Sukran6.47

Budhan8.08

Chandra9.29

Sani10.50

Guru12.11

Sevvai1.32

Suriya2.53

Sukran4.14

Budhan5.35

Chandra6.57

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery