Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
20
Tuesday
Visvavasu
Thai
7
Sevvai

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

Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 12.13 am (next day), then Tritiyai
Thiruvonamtill 10.37 am, then Avittam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.27–3.49
Yamagandammorning 9.02–10.24
Kuligaimorning 11.44–1.07
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.06 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.24–11.44night 6.49–8.27

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, 6.20 am to 8.30 am is the best of the day.

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

6.20–8.30 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.24–11.44 amClear of every caution
10.24–11.44 am, inside the clear stretch
11.24 am–12.06 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.07–2.27 pmClear of every caution
4.26–5.09 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.30–9.14 am
9.02–10.24 am
11.44 am–1.07 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.27–3.49 pm
2.45–4.26 pm
10.25–11.19 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 11.06 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 11.06 pm, until Friday 6.04 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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
Sunset5.09 pm
Moonrise7.31 am
Moonset6.38 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Dwitiyai, till 12.13 am (next day) 44–42 nazhigaiTritiyai
Thiruvonam, till 10.37 am 10–41 nazhigaiAvittam
Siddhi Yogam, till 5.31 pm 27–57 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.02 pm 14–14 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.13 am (next day) 44–42 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.35–5.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.30–9.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.02–10.24 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.24 am–12.06 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.44 am–1.07 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.27–3.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.45–4.26 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.25–11.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.43–2.21 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.20
Labam17.42
Dhanam29.03
Sugam10.24
Soram11.44
Uthi1.07
Visham2.27
Amirtham33.49

Night

Soram5.09
Uthi6.49
Visham8.27
Amirtham410.06
Rogam11.44
Labam1.24
Dhanam3.03
Sugam4.42

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 10.37 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
Makara6.20 am7.48 am
Kumbha7.48 am9.18 am
Meena9.18 am10.47 am
Mesha10.47 am12.25 pm
Vrishabha12.25 pm2.22 pm
Mithuna2.22 pm4.36 pm
Kataka4.36 pm6.54 pm
Simha6.54 pm9.08 pm
Kanya9.08 pm11.21 pm
Tula11.21 pm1.37 am
Vrischika1.37 am3.54 am
Dhanu3.54 am5.59 am
Makara5.59 am6.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.20
Suriya7.15
Sukran8.09
Budhan9.03
Chandra9.57
Sani10.51
Guru11.45
Sevvai12.39
Suriya1.33
Sukran2.27
Budhan3.21
Chandra4.15

Night

Sani5.09
Guru6.15
Sevvai7.21
Suriya8.27
Sukran9.33
Budhan10.39
Chandra11.45
Sani12.51
Guru1.57
Sevvai3.03
Suriya4.08
Sukran5.14

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force from 11.05 pm, until Tuesday 6.04 am

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