Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
1
Sunday
Visvavasu
Thai
19, Pournami
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 18 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Pournamitill 4.09 pm, then Prathamai
Poosamtill 12.28 pm, then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam

Pournami · Thai Poosam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.50–5.07
Yamagandamafternoon 12.04–1.20
Kuligaiafternoon 2.35–3.51
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.03–8.18evening 5.07–6.50

Computed for Chicago, in US Central 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, 7.03 am to 12.04 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 Chicago

Computed for Chicago, 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

7.03 am–12.04 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.03–8.18 am, inside the clear stretch
11.45 am–12.24 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.20–2.35 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

12.04–1.20 pm
2.35–3.51 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.45–4.26 pm
3.50–5.07 pm
12.38–2.11 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 11.18 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise7.03 am
Sunset5.06 pm
Moonrise5.03 pm
MoonsetAfter sunrise on Monday
SunMakara Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Pournami, the full moon.

Thai Poosam, Murugan's day; kavadi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Chicago 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Pournami, till 4.09 pm 22–48 nazhigaiPrathamai
Poosam, till 12.28 pm 13–35 nazhigaiAyilyam
Ayushman Yogam, till 7.51 pm 32–02 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 4.09 pm 22–48 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 3.12 am (next day) 50–26 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.11–6.06 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.30–7.59 amA favourable window
11.45 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.04–1.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.35–3.51 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.45–4.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.50–5.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.38–2.11 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi7.03
Amirtham8.19
Rogam9.33
Labam10.49
Dhanam112.05
Sugam1.20
Soram2.35
Visham3.50

Night

Dhanam25.06
Sugam6.51
Soram8.34
Visham10.19
Uthi312.04
Amirtham41.49
Rogam3.32
Labam5.18

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pūrṇimā · Bhānu Vāsara · Puṣya (Āśleṣā from 12.28 pm, 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
Makara7.03 am7.39 am
Kumbha7.39 am8.50 am
Meena8.50 am9.59 am
Mesha9.59 am11.19 am
Vrishabha11.19 am1.06 pm
Mithuna1.06 pm3.25 pm
Kataka3.25 pm5.58 pm
Simha5.58 pm8.32 pm
Kanya8.32 pm11.05 pm
Tula11.05 pm1.39 am
Vrischika1.39 am4.06 am
Dhanu4.06 am6.06 am
Makara6.06 am7.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya7.03
Sukran7.53
Budhan8.43
Chandra9.33
Sani10.24
Guru11.14
Sevvai12.04
Suriya12.55
Sukran1.45
Budhan2.35
Chandra3.25
Sani4.16

Night

Guru5.06
Sevvai6.16
Suriya7.25
Sukran8.35
Budhan9.45
Chandra10.54
Sani12.04
Guru1.13
Sevvai2.23
Suriya3.33
Sukran4.42
Budhan5.52

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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