Shastra Panchangam
February 2027
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Wednesday
Parabhava
Maasi
5
Budhan
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 12.02 pm, then Dwadasi
Thiruvathiraitill 5.59 pm, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.21–1.38
Yamagandammorning 8.35–9.51
Kuligaimorning 11.06–12.22
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.20–8.35evening 5.24–7.08

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

Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.03 pm.

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

1.38–5.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.20–8.35 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

8.35–9.51 am
11.06 am–12.22 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.01–12.43 pm
12.21–1.38 pm
4.47–6.15 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 10.13 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise7.20 am
Sunset5.24 pm
Moonrise12.36 pm
Moonset6.06 am (next day)
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Thursday 18 February: Pradosham.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Ekadasi, till 12.02 pm 11–47 nazhigaiDwadasi
Thiruvathirai, till 5.59 pm 26–41 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Priti Yogam, till 9.08 pm 34–33 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.03 pm caution 11–47 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 10.32 pm 38–03 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Birmingham

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.29–6.24 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.35–9.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.54–10.20 amA favourable window
11.06 am–12.22 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.01–12.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.21–1.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.47–6.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam17.20
Dhanam28.36
Sugam39.51
Soram11.06
Visham12.21
Uthi1.38
Amirtham2.53
Rogam4.08

Night

Uthi5.24
Amirtham7.09
Rogam8.52
Labam10.37
Dhanam12.21
Sugam2.06
Soram3.49
Visham5.33

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Ārdrā

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
Kumbha7.20 am8.10 am
Meena8.10 am8.59 am
Mesha8.59 am10.01 am
Vrishabha10.01 am11.37 am
Mithuna11.37 am2.01 pm
Kataka2.01 pm4.51 pm
Simha4.51 pm7.44 pm
Kanya7.44 pm10.36 pm
Tula10.36 pm1.29 am
Vrischika1.29 am4.07 am
Dhanu4.07 am6.02 am
Makara6.02 am7.14 am
Kumbha7.14 am7.18 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.20
Chandra8.10
Sani9.01
Guru9.51
Sevvai10.41
Suriya11.32
Sukran12.22
Budhan1.12
Chandra2.03
Sani2.53
Guru3.43
Sevvai4.34

Night

Suriya5.24
Sukran6.33
Budhan7.43
Chandra8.52
Sani10.02
Guru11.11
Sevvai12.21
Suriya1.30
Sukran2.40
Budhan3.49
Chandra4.59
Sani6.08

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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