Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
2
Monday
Visvavasu
Thai
20
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 19 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Theypirai
Prathamaitill 1.23 pm, then Dwitiyai
Ayilyamtill 10.18 am, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.20–10.31
Yamagandammorning 11.40–12.51
Kuligaiafternoon 2.00–3.11
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.18 am: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.20–5.30night 9.10–9.59

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (MST). 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, 3.39 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Calgary

Computed for Calgary, 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

3.39–5.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.11–9.20 amClear of every caution
10.31–11.40 amClear of every caution
12.32–1.08 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.51–1.08 pmShort clear window
1.47–2.00 pmShort clear window
4.20–5.30 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

9.20–10.31 am
11.40 am–12.51 pm
1.08–1.47 pm
2.00–3.11 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.00–3.39 pm
9.59–11.33 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 10.18 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 10.18 am, until Wednesday 3.51 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise8.11 am
Sunset5.30 pm
Moonrise6.52 pm
Moonset8.41 am
SunMakara Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary 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
Thingal (Monday)
Prathamai, till 1.23 pm 13–01 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Ayilyam, till 10.18 am 5–18 nazhigaiMagam
Saubhagya Yogam, till 4.16 pm 20–14 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.23 pm 13–01 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.42 am (next day) 41–21 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.14–7.11 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.47–10.17 am
7.21–8.54 am		A favourable window
9.20–10.31 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.32–1.08 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.08–1.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.00–3.11 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.00–3.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.59–11.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham8.11
Visham9.20
Rogam10.30
Labam111.41
Dhanam212.51
Sugam32.01
Soram3.10
Uthi4.20

Night

Sugam5.30
Soram7.19
Uthi49.10
Amirtham511.00
Visham12.49
Rogam2.39
Labam4.30
Dhanam6.20

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Prathamā · Indu Vāsara · Āśleṣā (Maghā from 10.18 am, computed)

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
Makara8.11 am8.40 am
Kumbha8.40 am9.35 am
Meena9.35 am10.27 am
Mesha10.27 am11.32 am
Vrishabha11.32 am1.10 pm
Mithuna1.10 pm3.33 pm
Kataka3.33 pm6.21 pm
Simha6.21 pm9.10 pm
Kanya9.10 pm11.59 pm
Tula11.59 pm2.49 am
Vrischika2.49 am5.25 am
Dhanu5.25 am7.21 am
Makara7.21 am8.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra8.11
Sani8.57
Guru9.44
Sevvai10.31
Suriya11.17
Sukran12.04
Budhan12.50
Chandra1.37
Sani2.23
Guru3.10
Sevvai3.57
Suriya4.43

Night

Sukran5.30
Budhan6.43
Chandra7.56
Sani9.10
Guru10.23
Sevvai11.36
Suriya12.50
Sukran2.03
Budhan3.16
Chandra4.29
Sani5.43
Guru6.56

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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