Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
14
Thursday
Parabhava
Thai
1
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 30 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Saptamitill 2.44 am (next day), then Ashtami
Uthirattathitill 11.49 am, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam

Thai Pongal

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.48–3.52
Yamagandammorning 9.34–10.37
Kuligaimorning 11.39–12.43
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.55–5.58night 1.46–3.42 (after midnight)

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (CST). 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, 3.52 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

3.52–5.58 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.37–11.39 amClear of every caution
12.43–2.48 pmClear of every caution
1.29–2.02 pm
4.55–5.58 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

9.34–10.37 am
11.39 am–12.43 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.48–3.52 pm
12.05–1.44 am, early Friday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 12.22 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise9.34 am
Sunset5.58 pm
Moonrise12.00 pm
Moonset1.51 am (next day)
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

Thai Pongal, Thai 1; pongal is cooked facing the Sun.

Friday 15 January: Mattu Pongal.

In Tamil Nadu, Bhogi is on this day.

In Tamil Nadu, Thai Pongal is on Friday 15 January.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Saptami, till 2.44 am (next day) 42–57 nazhigaiAshtami
Uthirattathi, till 11.49 am 5–39 nazhigaiRevathi
Shiva Yogam, till 4.48 am (next day) 48–08 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 2.42 pm 12–52 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 2.44 am (next day) 42–57 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
7.29–8.31 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.34–10.37 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.39 am–12.43 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.29–2.02 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.48–3.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.05–1.44 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam19.34
Sugam10.37
Soram11.39
Uthi12.43
Amirtham1.46
Visham2.48
Rogam3.51
Labam4.55

Night

Amirtham5.58
Visham7.54
Rogam9.51
Labam211.49
Dhanam1.46
Sugam3.43
Soram5.38
Uthi7.36

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Guru Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā (Revatī from 11.49 am, computed)

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
Dhanu9.34 am9.40 am
Makara9.40 am10.56 am
Kumbha10.56 am11.51 am
Meena11.51 am12.43 pm
Mesha12.43 pm1.48 pm
Vrishabha1.48 pm3.26 pm
Mithuna3.26 pm5.49 pm
Kataka5.49 pm8.36 pm
Simha8.36 pm11.26 pm
Kanya11.26 pm2.15 am
Tula2.15 am5.05 am
Vrischika5.05 am7.41 am
Dhanu7.41 am9.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru9.34
Sevvai10.16
Suriya10.58
Sukran11.40
Budhan12.22
Chandra1.04
Sani1.46
Guru2.28
Sevvai3.10
Suriya3.52
Sukran4.34
Budhan5.16

Night

Chandra5.58
Sani7.15
Guru8.33
Sevvai9.51
Suriya11.09
Sukran12.27
Budhan1.45
Chandra3.03
Sani4.21
Guru5.39
Sevvai6.57
Suriya8.15

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until Friday 12.22 pm

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