Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
18
Monday
Parabhava
Thai
5
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 4 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 9.20 pm, then Dwadasi
Karthigaitill 10.36 am, then Rohini
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 9.08–10.20
Yamagandammorning 11.31–12.43
Kuligaiafternoon 1.54–3.06
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.57–9.08evening 5.29–7.17

Computed for Detroit, in US Eastern time (EST). 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, 7.57 am to 9.08 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.20 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Detroit

Computed for Detroit, 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

7.57–9.08 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.57–9.08 am, inside the clear stretch
10.20–10.43 amShort clear window
12.24–1.01 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

9.08–10.20 am
11.31 am–12.43 pm
1.01–1.40 pm
1.54–3.06 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.56–3.35 pm
1.08–2.36 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 7.09 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise7.57 am
Sunset5.29 pm
Moonrise1.12 pm
Moonset5.19 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Tuesday 19 January: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Detroit 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)
Ekadasi, till 9.20 pm 33–29 nazhigaiDwadasi
Karthigai, till 10.36 am 6–37 nazhigaiRohini
Shukla Yogam, till 7.44 pm 29–27 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.43 am 6–56 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.20 pm caution 33–29 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 7.49 am (next day) 59–42 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.01–6.58 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.22–9.50 am
5.30–6.57 am		A favourable window
9.08–10.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.31 am–12.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.24–1.01 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.01–1.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.54–3.06 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.56–3.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.08–2.36 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham7.57
Visham9.08
Rogam10.19
Labam111.32
Dhanam212.43
Sugam31.55
Soram3.05
Uthi44.18

Night

Sugam5.29
Soram7.17
Uthi9.06
Amirtham10.54
Visham12.42
Rogam2.30
Labam4.20
Dhanam6.08

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Indu Vāsara · Kṛttikā (Rohiṇī from 10.36 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
Makara7.57 am9.18 am
Kumbha9.18 am10.28 am
Meena10.28 am11.36 am
Mesha11.36 am12.56 pm
Vrishabha12.56 pm2.43 pm
Mithuna2.43 pm5.01 pm
Kataka5.01 pm7.35 pm
Simha7.35 pm10.09 pm
Kanya10.09 pm12.43 am
Tula12.43 am3.18 am
Vrischika3.18 am5.45 am
Dhanu5.45 am7.45 am
Makara7.45 am7.56 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra7.57
Sani8.45
Guru9.32
Sevvai10.20
Suriya11.07
Sukran11.55
Budhan12.43
Chandra1.30
Sani2.18
Guru3.06
Sevvai3.53
Suriya4.41

Night

Sukran5.29
Budhan6.41
Chandra7.53
Sani9.06
Guru10.18
Sevvai11.30
Suriya12.42
Sukran1.55
Budhan3.07
Chandra4.19
Sani5.32
Guru6.44

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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