Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
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Wednesday
Visvavasu
Maasi
6
Budhan
Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 2.28 pm, then Dwitiyai
Sathayamtill 6.46 pm, then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.47–1.14
Yamagandammorning 7.31–8.58
Kuligaimorning 10.22–11.48
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.06–7.31evening 5.30–7.04

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, 1.14 pm to sunset 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

1.14–5.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.06–7.31 amClear of every caution
6.06–7.31 am, inside the clear stretch
8.58–10.22 amClear of every caution

Avoid

7.31–8.58 am
10.22–11.48 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.25 am–12.11 pm
11.47 am–1.14 pm
1.03–2.39 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 12.31 pm

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

Sunrise6.06 am
Sunset5.30 pm
Moonrise6.39 am
Moonset6.24 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonKumbha 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Prathamai, till 2.28 pm 20–55 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Sathayam, till 6.46 pm 31–41 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Shiva Yogam, till 8.15 pm 35–24 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 2.28 pm 20–55 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 2.02 am (next day) 49–50 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.26–5.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.31–8.58 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.22–11.48 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.25 am–12.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.35 am–1.10 pmA favourable window
11.47 am–1.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.03–2.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam6.06
Dhanam17.32
Sugam8.58
Soram10.22
Visham11.47
Uthi1.14
Amirtham2.39
Rogam4.04

Night

Uthi5.30
Amirtham7.05
Rogam8.38
Labam10.14
Dhanam211.48
Sugam31.22
Soram2.56
Visham4.30

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Saumya Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Kumbha6.06 am7.24 am
Meena7.24 am8.53 am
Mesha8.53 am10.31 am
Vrishabha10.31 am12.28 pm
Mithuna12.28 pm2.42 pm
Kataka2.42 pm5.00 pm
Simha5.00 pm7.14 pm
Kanya7.14 pm9.27 pm
Tula9.27 pm11.43 pm
Vrischika11.43 pm2.00 am
Dhanu2.00 am4.05 am
Makara4.05 am5.50 am
Kumbha5.50 am6.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.06
Chandra7.03
Sani8.00
Guru8.57
Sevvai9.54
Suriya10.51
Sukran11.48
Budhan12.45
Chandra1.42
Sani2.39
Guru3.36
Sevvai4.33

Night

Suriya5.30
Sukran6.33
Budhan7.36
Chandra8.39
Sani9.42
Guru10.45
Sevvai11.48
Suriya12.51
Sukran1.53
Budhan2.56
Chandra3.59
Sani5.02

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 12.31 pm

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