Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
31
Saturday
Visvavasu
Thai
18
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 17 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 3.23 am (next day), then Pournami
Punarpoosamtill 11.04 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.02–10.25
Yamagandamafternoon 1.09–2.33
Kuligaimorning 6.17–7.40
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.32 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.25–11.47evening 5.18–6.55

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

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 11.04 am.

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

2.33–5.18 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.25–11.47 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
11.04 am–12.00 pmShort clear window
11.26 am–12.09 pm; Tyajyam also runs

Avoid

6.17–7.40 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.17–7.46 am
9.02–10.25 am
12.00–1.30 pm
1.09–2.33 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 5.32 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 5.32 pm, until Monday 8.18 pm

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

Sunrise6.17 am
Sunset5.18 pm
Moonrise3.47 pm
Moonset5.48 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 1 February: Pournami and Thai Poosam.

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 3.23 am (next day) 52–46 nazhigaiPournami
Punarpoosam, till 11.04 pm 41–58 nazhigaiPoosam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 11.04 am caution 11–56 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 4.38 pm 25–52 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 3.23 am (next day) 52–46 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.34–5.25 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.17–7.40 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.17–7.46 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.02–10.25 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.26 am–12.09 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.00–1.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.09–2.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.52–10.20 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.17
Uthi17.40
Visham9.02
Amirtham210.25
Rogam11.47
Labam31.10
Dhanam2.33
Sugam3.56

Night

Labam5.18
Dhanam6.55
Sugam8.33
Soram10.09
Uthi11.48
Visham1.24
Amirtham3.02
Soram4.39

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Makara6.17 am7.04 am
Kumbha7.04 am8.35 am
Meena8.35 am10.04 am
Mesha10.04 am11.42 am
Vrishabha11.42 am1.39 pm
Mithuna1.39 pm3.53 pm
Kataka3.53 pm6.11 pm
Simha6.11 pm8.25 pm
Kanya8.25 pm10.37 pm
Tula10.37 pm12.54 am
Vrischika12.54 am3.11 am
Dhanu3.11 am5.16 am
Makara5.16 am6.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.17
Guru7.12
Sevvai8.07
Suriya9.02
Sukran9.57
Budhan10.52
Chandra11.47
Sani12.42
Guru1.37
Sevvai2.33
Suriya3.28
Sukran4.23

Night

Budhan5.18
Chandra6.23
Sani7.27
Guru8.32
Sevvai9.37
Suriya10.42
Sukran11.47
Budhan12.52
Chandra1.57
Sani3.02
Guru4.07
Sevvai5.12

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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