Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
2
Saturday
Plavanga
Margazhi
18
Sani
Theypirai
Dasamitill 8.55 am, then Ekadasi
Swathitill 1.50 pm, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.14–11.14
Yamagandamafternoon 1.10–2.09
Kuligaimorning 8.18–9.17
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.09–3.07evening 4.06–6.07

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, 2.09 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.55 am.

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

2.09–4.06 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.21–10.14 amShort clear window
11.14 am–1.10 pmClear of every caution
11.56 am–12.27 pm
2.09–3.07 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.18–9.17 am, what begins now is said to repeat
8.18–9.21 am
10.14–11.14 am
1.10–2.09 pm
7.57–9.44 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
Sunset4.06 pm
Moonrise4.53 am (next day)
Moonset11.51 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 3 January: Ekadasi.

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

LimbThis dayThen
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 8.55 am 1–33 nazhigaiEkadasi
Swathi, till 1.50 pm 13–51 nazhigaiVisakam
Dhriti Yogam, till 6.07 am (next day) 54–34 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 8.55 am caution 1–33 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 9.43 pm 33–35 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.08–7.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.18–9.17 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
8.18–9.21 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.14–11.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.56 am–12.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.10–2.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.57–9.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.29–8.13 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram8.18
Uthi19.17
Visham10.14
Amirtham11.14
Rogam12.11
Labam21.11
Dhanam2.09
Sugam3.08

Night

Labam4.06
Dhanam36.07
Sugam48.09
Soram10.09
Uthi12.12
Visham2.12
Amirtham4.15
Soram6.15

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 1.50 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
2084
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu8.18 am9.07 am
Makara9.07 am10.19 am
Kumbha10.19 am11.11 am
Meena11.11 am12.00 pm
Mesha12.00 pm1.02 pm
Vrishabha1.02 pm2.38 pm
Mithuna2.38 pm5.02 pm
Kataka5.02 pm7.52 pm
Simha7.52 pm10.45 pm
Kanya10.45 pm1.37 am
Tula1.37 am4.30 am
Vrischika4.30 am7.08 am
Dhanu7.08 am8.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani8.18
Guru8.57
Sevvai9.36
Suriya10.15
Sukran10.54
Budhan11.33
Chandra12.12
Sani12.51
Guru1.30
Sevvai2.09
Suriya2.48
Sukran3.27

Night

Budhan4.06
Chandra5.27
Sani6.47
Guru8.08
Sevvai9.29
Suriya10.50
Sukran12.11
Budhan1.32
Chandra2.53
Sani4.14
Guru5.35
Sevvai6.56

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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