Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
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Tuesday
Visvavasu
Maasi
5, Amavasai
Sevvai
Theypirai
Amavasaitill 2.01 pm, then Prathamai
Avittamtill 5.46 pm, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.25–5.04
Yamagandammorning 8.53–10.32
Kuligaiafternoon 12.09–1.48
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.04–6.42night 8.04–9.25

Computed for Durban, in South Africa time (SAST). 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.

Parigha Yogam runs all day, till 8.59 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.

No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Durban

Computed for Durban, 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

11.44 am–12.35 pm; Kuligai and Parigha Yogam also run
5.04–6.42 pm; Parigha Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.14–9.07 am
8.53–10.32 am
12.09–1.48 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.25–5.04 pm
11.04–11.49 pm, in the evening
12.58–2.35 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 11.31 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

Sunrise5.38 am
Sunset6.42 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Wednesday
Moonset6.43 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi, from 5.36 am

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Durban's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Durban 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)
Amavasai, till 2.01 pm 20–58 nazhigaiPrathamai
Avittam, till 5.46 pm 30–21 nazhigaiSathayam
Parigha Yogam, till 8.59 pm caution 38–22 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 2.01 pm 20–58 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 1.48 am (next day) 50–24 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.11–4.53 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.11–8.47 amA favourable window
8.14–9.07 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.53–10.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.44 am–12.35 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.09–1.48 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.25–5.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.04–11.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.58–2.35 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.38
Labam17.16
Dhanam28.54
Sugam310.32
Soram12.09
Uthi41.48
Visham3.25
Amirtham55.04

Night

Soram6.42
Uthi8.04
Visham9.25
Amirtham610.48
Rogam12.10
Labam71.33
Dhanam2.55
Sugam4.17

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Parigha Yogam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Parigha Yogam; 3 Parigha Yogam; 4 Parigha Yogam; 5 Parigha Yogam; 6 Durmuhurtham; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 5.46 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
Kumbha5.38 am7.41 am
Meena7.41 am9.58 am
Mesha9.58 am12.19 pm
Vrishabha12.19 pm2.38 pm
Mithuna2.38 pm4.42 pm
Kataka4.42 pm6.23 pm
Simha6.23 pm7.49 pm
Kanya7.49 pm9.13 pm
Tula9.13 pm10.47 pm
Vrischika10.47 pm12.42 am
Dhanu12.42 am2.57 am
Makara2.57 am5.18 am
Kumbha5.18 am5.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.38
Suriya6.43
Sukran7.48
Budhan8.54
Chandra9.59
Sani11.04
Guru12.10
Sevvai1.15
Suriya2.20
Sukran3.26
Budhan4.31
Chandra5.36

Night

Sani6.42
Guru7.36
Sevvai8.31
Suriya9.26
Sukran10.21
Budhan11.15
Chandra12.10
Sani1.05
Guru1.59
Sevvai2.54
Suriya3.49
Sukran4.44

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 11.31 am

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