Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
12
Monday
Parabhava
Margazhi
28
Thingal
Theypirai
Navamitill 10.13 am, then Dasami
Swathitill 6.36 pm, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.41–9.02
Yamagandammorning 10.21–11.43
Kuligaiafternoon 1.02–2.23
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.21–7.41evening 5.03–6.43

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

For anything new, 6.21 am to 7.41 am is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 4.35 pm Tuesday.

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

6.21–7.41 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.21–7.41 am, inside the clear stretch
9.02–10.21 amClear of every caution
11.21 am–12.03 pm; Yamagandam also runs
11.43 am–12.03 pmShort clear window
12.47–1.02 pmShort clear window
2.55–3.42 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.41–9.02 am
10.21–11.43 am
12.03–12.47 pm
1.02–2.23 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.12–2.55 pm
12.53–2.42 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 2.52 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.21 am
Sunset5.03 pm
Moonrise1.47 am (next day)
Moonset11.52 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 13 January: Bhogi.

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)
Navami, till 10.13 am 9–41 nazhigaiDasami
Swathi, till 6.36 pm 30–36 nazhigaiVisakam
Dhriti Yogam, till 3.42 pm 23–23 nazhigaiShoola Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 10.13 am 9–41 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 11.30 pm 42–53 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.35–5.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.41–9.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.45–10.31 amA favourable window
10.21–11.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.21 am–12.03 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.03–12.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.02–2.23 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.12–2.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.53–2.42 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.21
Visham7.41
Rogam9.01
Labam110.22
Dhanam211.43
Sugam31.03
Soram2.22
Uthi43.44

Night

Sugam5.03
Soram6.43
Uthi8.23
Amirtham10.03
Visham11.42
Rogam1.21
Labam3.02
Dhanam4.42

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Navamī · Indu Vāsara · Svātī

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
Dhanu6.21 am6.34 am
Makara6.34 am8.19 am
Kumbha8.19 am9.50 am
Meena9.50 am11.18 am
Mesha11.18 am12.57 pm
Vrishabha12.57 pm2.54 pm
Mithuna2.54 pm5.08 pm
Kataka5.08 pm7.25 pm
Simha7.25 pm9.39 pm
Kanya9.39 pm11.52 pm
Tula11.52 pm2.09 am
Vrischika2.09 am4.25 am
Dhanu4.25 am6.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.21
Sani7.15
Guru8.08
Sevvai9.02
Suriya9.55
Sukran10.49
Budhan11.42
Chandra12.36
Sani1.29
Guru2.23
Sevvai3.16
Suriya4.10

Night

Sukran5.03
Budhan6.10
Chandra7.16
Sani8.23
Guru9.29
Sevvai10.36
Suriya11.42
Sukran12.49
Budhan1.55
Chandra3.02
Sani4.08
Guru5.15

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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