Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
23
Friday
Visvavasu
Thai
10
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 9 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Panchamitill 11.17 pm, then Shashti
Poorattathitill 12.03 pm, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.24–11.46
Yamagandamafternoon 2.28–3.51
Kuligaimorning 7.41–9.03
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.20–7.41night 6.51–8.28

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, 3.51 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 1.30 pm.

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

3.51–5.12 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.20–7.41 am; Parigha Yogam also runs
11.25 am–12.07 pm; Rahu Kalam and Parigha Yogam also run
1.30–2.28 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.41–9.03 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.24–11.46 am
2.28–3.51 pm
9.32–11.08 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 11.06 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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
Sunset5.12 pm
Moonrise9.11 am
Moonset9.30 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 6.04 am

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
Velli (Friday)
Panchami, till 11.17 pm 42–22 nazhigaiShashti
Poorattathi, till 12.03 pm 14–18 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Parigha Yogam, till 1.30 pm caution 17–53 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 11.41 am 13–22 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 11.17 pm 42–22 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.35–5.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.41–9.03 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.24–11.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.25 am–12.07 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.28–3.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.32–11.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.20
Soram7.41
Uthi29.03
Visham10.24
Amirtham311.46
Rogam1.07
Labam42.29
Dhanam3.51

Night

Rogam5.12
Labam6.51
Dhanam58.29
Sugam610.08
Soram11.45
Uthi1.25
Visham3.02
Amirtham4.42

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 12.03 pm, 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 am7.36 am
Kumbha7.36 am9.07 am
Meena9.07 am10.35 am
Mesha10.35 am12.13 pm
Vrishabha12.13 pm2.11 pm
Mithuna2.11 pm4.24 pm
Kataka4.24 pm6.42 pm
Simha6.42 pm8.56 pm
Kanya8.56 pm11.09 pm
Tula11.09 pm1.25 am
Vrischika1.25 am3.42 am
Dhanu3.42 am5.47 am
Makara5.47 am6.20 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.20
Budhan7.14
Chandra8.08
Sani9.03
Guru9.57
Sevvai10.51
Suriya11.46
Sukran12.40
Budhan1.34
Chandra2.29
Sani3.23
Guru4.17

Night

Sevvai5.12
Suriya6.17
Sukran7.23
Budhan8.29
Chandra9.34
Sani10.40
Guru11.46
Sevvai12.51
Suriya1.57
Sukran3.03
Budhan4.08
Chandra5.14

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Sunday 11.06 am

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