Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
2
Saturday
Plavanga
Margazhi
18
Sani
Theypirai
Dasamitill 10.55 am, then Ekadasi
Swathitill 3.50 pm, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.29–10.15
Yamagandamafternoon 1.44–3.31
Kuligaimorning 4.59–6.45
ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.16–7.01night 8.16–9.30

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

For anything new, 3.31 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.55 am.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

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

3.31–7.01 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.55 am–1.44 pmClear of every caution
11.32 am–12.27 pm
5.16–7.01 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

4.59–6.45 am, what begins now is said to repeat
4.59–6.52 am
8.29–10.15 am
1.44–3.31 pm
9.57–11.44 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 11.31 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise4.59 am
Sunset7.01 pm
Moonrise1.17 am (next day)
Moonset2.32 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 3 January: Ekadasi.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 10.55 am 14–49 nazhigaiEkadasi
Swathi, till 3.50 pm 27–07 nazhigaiVisakam
Sukarma Yogam, till 7.59 am 7–30 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.55 am caution 14–49 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 11.43 pm 46–50 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.40–4.18 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.59–6.45 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.59–6.52 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.22–8.04 amA favourable window
8.29–10.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.32 am–12.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.44–3.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.57–11.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram4.59
Uthi16.45
Visham8.29
Amirtham210.15
Rogam11.59
Labam31.45
Dhanam3.31
Sugam5.16

Night

Labam7.01
Dhanam8.16
Sugam49.31
Soram10.45
Uthi12.01
Visham1.14
Amirtham2.30
Soram3.44

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 3.50 pm, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2084
5129
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu4.59 am6.03 am
Makara6.03 am8.24 am
Kumbha8.24 am10.42 am
Meena10.42 am1.00 pm
Mesha1.00 pm3.21 pm
Vrishabha3.21 pm5.40 pm
Mithuna5.40 pm7.44 pm
Kataka7.44 pm9.25 pm
Simha9.25 pm10.51 pm
Kanya10.51 pm12.15 am
Tula12.15 am1.49 am
Vrischika1.49 am3.44 am
Dhanu3.44 am5.00 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani4.59
Guru6.09
Sevvai7.19
Suriya8.29
Sukran9.39
Budhan10.50
Chandra12.00
Sani1.10
Guru2.20
Sevvai3.30
Suriya4.40
Sukran5.50

Night

Budhan7.01
Chandra7.51
Sani8.40
Guru9.30
Sevvai10.20
Suriya11.10
Sukran12.00
Budhan12.50
Chandra1.40
Sani2.30
Guru3.20
Sevvai4.10

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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