Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
5
Monday
Parabhava
Margazhi
21
Thingal
Theypirai
Dwitiyaitill 7.27 am, then Tritiyai
Poosamtill 10.55 am, then Ayilyam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.39–9.00
Yamagandammorning 10.19–11.40
Kuligaiafternoon 12.59–2.19
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.20–7.39evening 4.58–6.38

Computed for Doha, in Arabia time (AST). 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs all day, till 8.18 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Doha

Computed for Doha, 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

6.20–7.39 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
11.18 am–12.00 pm; Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam also run

Avoid

7.39–9.00 am
10.19–11.40 am
12.00–12.44 pm
12.59–2.19 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.08–2.51 pm
11.07 pm–12.39 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 9.48 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

Sunrise6.20 am
Sunset4.58 pm
Moonrise7.18 pm
Moonset8.00 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 6 January: Sankatahara Chaturthi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Doha 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)
Dwitiyai, till 7.27 am 2–47 nazhigai
Tritiyai, till 5.32 am (next day) 57–59 nazhigai		Chaturthi
Poosam, till 10.55 am 11–27 nazhigaiAyilyam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 8.18 pm caution 34–52 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 7.27 am 2–47 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 6.24 pm 30–10 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.33 am (next day) caution 57–59 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.34–5.26 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.00–6.28 amA favourable window
7.39–9.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.19–11.40 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.18 am–12.00 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.00–12.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.59–2.19 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.08–2.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.07 pm–12.39 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.20
Visham7.39
Rogam8.59
Labam210.20
Dhanam311.40
Sugam41.00
Soram2.18
Uthi53.39

Night

Sugam4.58
Soram6.38
Uthi8.19
Amirtham610.00
Visham11.39
Rogam1.19
Labam3.00
Dhanam4.41

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vishkambha Yogam; 2 Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam; 3 Durmuhurtham and Vishkambha Yogam; 4 Kuligai, Durmuhurtham and Vishkambha Yogam; 5 Vishkambha Yogam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Indu Vāsara · Puṣya (Āśleṣā from 10.55 am, 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
Dhanu6.20 am7.02 am
Makara7.02 am8.47 am
Kumbha8.47 am10.17 am
Meena10.17 am11.46 am
Mesha11.46 am1.24 pm
Vrishabha1.24 pm3.21 pm
Mithuna3.21 pm5.35 pm
Kataka5.35 pm7.53 pm
Simha7.53 pm10.07 pm
Kanya10.07 pm12.20 am
Tula12.20 am2.36 am
Vrischika2.36 am4.53 am
Dhanu4.53 am6.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.20
Sani7.13
Guru8.07
Sevvai9.00
Suriya9.53
Sukran10.46
Budhan11.39
Chandra12.32
Sani1.26
Guru2.19
Sevvai3.12
Suriya4.05

Night

Sukran4.58
Budhan6.05
Chandra7.12
Sani8.19
Guru9.26
Sevvai10.33
Suriya11.39
Sukran12.46
Budhan1.53
Chandra3.00
Sani4.07
Guru5.14

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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