Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
21
Saturday
Visvavasu
Maasi
10
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Maasi 9 on this day. Here Maasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 12 February.


Valarpirai
Panchamitill 10.40 pm, then Shashti
Ashwinitill 5.25 am (next day), then Bharani
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.13–11.32
Yamagandamafternoon 2.08–3.28
Kuligaimorning 7.37–8.55
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.32–12.50evening 6.04–7.45

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, 11.32 am to 2.08 pm 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

11.32 am–2.08 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.01–10.13 amClear of every caution
11.32 am–12.50 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.30–1.11 pm
3.28–6.04 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.37–8.55 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.37–9.01 am
10.13–11.32 am
2.08–3.28 pm
1.36–3.09 am, early Sunday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 9.43 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise7.37 am
Sunset6.04 pm
Moonrise8.57 am
Moonset11.52 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi, from 6.37 am

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
Sani (Saturday)
Panchami, till 10.40 pm 37–43 nazhigaiShashti
Ashwini, till 5.25 am (next day) 54–35 nazhigaiBharani
Shukla Yogam, till 12.39 am (next day) 42–39 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 11.37 am 10–03 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 10.40 pm 37–43 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.48–6.42 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.37–8.55 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.37–9.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.13–11.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.30–1.11 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.08–3.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.35 pm–12.05 amA favourable window
1.36–3.09 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.37
Uthi18.55
Visham10.13
Amirtham11.32
Rogam12.50
Labam22.09
Dhanam3.28
Sugam4.46

Night

Labam6.04
Dhanam7.46
Sugam9.27
Soram11.07
Uthi312.50
Visham2.30
Amirtham4.12
Soram5.53

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Sthira Vāsara · Aśvinī

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
Kumbha7.37 am8.20 am
Meena8.20 am9.12 am
Mesha9.12 am10.17 am
Vrishabha10.17 am11.55 am
Mithuna11.55 am2.18 pm
Kataka2.18 pm5.06 pm
Simha5.06 pm7.56 pm
Kanya7.56 pm10.45 pm
Tula10.45 pm1.34 am
Vrischika1.34 am4.10 am
Dhanu4.10 am6.06 am
Makara6.06 am7.21 am
Kumbha7.21 am7.35 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.37
Guru8.29
Sevvai9.21
Suriya10.13
Sukran11.06
Budhan11.58
Chandra12.50
Sani1.43
Guru2.35
Sevvai3.27
Suriya4.19
Sukran5.12

Night

Budhan6.04
Chandra7.11
Sani8.19
Guru9.27
Sevvai10.34
Suriya11.42
Sukran12.49
Budhan1.57
Chandra3.04
Sani4.12
Guru5.19
Sevvai6.27

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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