Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
20
Wednesday
Parabhava
Thai
7
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 6 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 2.42 pm, then Chaturdasi
Thiruvathiraitill 2.54 am (next day), then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.43–1.56
Yamagandammorning 9.07–10.20
Kuligaimorning 11.31–12.44
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.56–9.07evening 5.31–7.19

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, 7.56 am to 9.07 am is the best of the day.

Vaidhriti Yogam runs till 7.39 am Thursday.

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

7.56–9.07 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.56–9.07 am, inside the clear stretch
10.20–11.31 amClear of every caution

Avoid

9.07–10.20 am
11.31 am–12.44 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.24–1.03 pm
12.43–1.56 pm
1.10–2.36 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 6.41 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise7.56 am
Sunset5.31 pm
Moonrise3.20 pm
Moonset7.20 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 21 January: Pournami.

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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Trayodasi, till 2.42 pm 16–57 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Thiruvathirai, till 2.54 am (next day) 47–28 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Indra Yogam, till 11.54 am 9–55 nazhigai
Vaidhriti Yogam, till 7.39 am (next day) caution 59–19 nazhigai		Vishkambha Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 2.42 pm 16–57 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 12.52 am (next day) 42–22 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Detroit

WindowTimeTraditional use
6.01–6.57 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.07–10.20 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.31 am–12.44 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.24–1.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.43–1.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.10–2.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.07–7.30 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam7.56
Dhanam19.08
Sugam10.20
Soram11.31
Visham12.43
Uthi21.56
Amirtham33.08
Rogam4.19

Night

Uthi5.31
Amirtham7.20
Rogam9.07
Labam10.56
Dhanam12.44
Sugam2.32
Soram4.19
Visham6.07

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Ārdrā

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
Makara7.56 am9.10 am
Kumbha9.10 am10.20 am
Meena10.20 am11.28 am
Mesha11.28 am12.48 pm
Vrishabha12.48 pm2.35 pm
Mithuna2.35 pm4.53 pm
Kataka4.53 pm7.27 pm
Simha7.27 pm10.02 pm
Kanya10.02 pm12.35 am
Tula12.35 am3.10 am
Vrischika3.10 am5.37 am
Dhanu5.37 am7.37 am
Makara7.37 am7.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.56
Chandra8.44
Sani9.32
Guru10.20
Sevvai11.07
Suriya11.55
Sukran12.43
Budhan1.31
Chandra2.19
Sani3.07
Guru3.55
Sevvai4.43

Night

Suriya5.31
Sukran6.43
Budhan7.55
Chandra9.07
Sani10.19
Guru11.31
Sevvai12.43
Suriya1.55
Sukran3.07
Budhan4.19
Chandra5.31
Sani6.43

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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