Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
17
Saturday
Visvavasu
Thai
4
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 3 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.


Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 9.34 pm, then Amavasai
Pooradamtill 7.44 am (next day), then Uthiradam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.02–10.24
Yamagandamafternoon 1.04–2.26
Kuligaimorning 6.21–7.42
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.26–3.46evening 5.52–6.46

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.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.47 am; Vyaghata Yogam runs all day, till 6.49 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.

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

11.23 am–12.05 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
2.26–3.46 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.21–7.42 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.21–7.48 am
9.02–10.24 am
1.04–2.26 pm
4.07–5.52 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 2.12 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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
Sunset5.07 pm
Moonrise6.11 am (next day)
Moonset3.42 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 18 January: Amavasai.

In Tamil Nadu, Kaanum Pongal is on this day.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturdasi, till 9.34 pm 38–04 nazhigaiAmavasai
Pooradam, till 7.44 am (next day) 63–29 nazhigaiUthiradam
Vyaghata Yogam, till 6.49 pm caution 31–08 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 8.47 am caution 6–04 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 9.34 pm 38–04 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.35–5.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.21–7.42 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.21–7.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.02–10.24 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.23 am–12.05 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.04–2.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.07–5.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.32–4.16 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.21
Uthi17.42
Visham9.02
Amirtham210.24
Rogam11.43
Labam31.05
Dhanam42.26
Sugam53.47

Night

Labam65.07
Dhanam6.47
Sugam8.26
Soram10.04
Uthi11.44
Visham1.23
Amirtham3.03
Soram4.41

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā

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
Makara6.21 am7.59 am
Kumbha7.59 am9.30 am
Meena9.30 am10.59 am
Mesha10.59 am12.37 pm
Vrishabha12.37 pm2.34 pm
Mithuna2.34 pm4.48 pm
Kataka4.48 pm7.06 pm
Simha7.06 pm9.20 pm
Kanya9.20 pm11.32 pm
Tula11.32 pm1.49 am
Vrischika1.49 am4.06 am
Dhanu4.06 am6.11 am
Makara6.11 am6.21 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.21
Guru7.15
Sevvai8.09
Suriya9.02
Sukran9.56
Budhan10.50
Chandra11.44
Sani12.38
Guru1.32
Sevvai2.26
Suriya3.19
Sukran4.13

Night

Budhan5.07
Chandra6.13
Sani7.19
Guru8.26
Sevvai9.32
Suriya10.38
Sukran11.44
Budhan12.50
Chandra1.56
Sani3.02
Guru4.08
Sevvai5.15

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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