Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
7
Thursday
Plavanga
Margazhi
23, Amavasai
Viyazhan
Theypirai
Amavasaitill 10.24 pm, then Prathamai
Pooradamtill 5.43 am (next day), then Uthiradam
Siddha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.46–3.32
Yamagandammorning 5.03–6.48
Kuligaimorning 8.32–10.18
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.48–8.32evening 7.01–8.16

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, 6.48 am to 8.32 am is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 11.53 am Friday.

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.

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

6.48–8.32 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.48–8.32 am, inside the clear stretch
10.18–10.56 amShort clear window
11.34 am–12.29 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.03–6.48 am
8.32–10.18 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.28–3.17 pm
1.46–3.32 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 12.30 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise5.03 am
Sunset7.01 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Friday
Moonset6.56 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Amavasai, till 10.24 pm 43–23 nazhigaiPrathamai
Pooradam, till 5.43 am (next day) 61–39 nazhigaiUthiradam
Dhruva Yogam, till 10.56 am 14–44 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Chatushpada Karanam, till 9.04 am 10–04 nazhigai
Naga Karanam, till 10.24 pm 43–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.43–4.22 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.03–6.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.32–10.18 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.34 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.28–3.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.46–3.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.19–2.06 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.03
Sugam6.48
Soram8.32
Uthi210.18
Amirtham312.02
Visham1.46
Rogam3.31
Labam45.17

Night

Amirtham7.01
Visham8.16
Rogam9.31
Labam10.48
Dhanam12.03
Sugam1.18
Soram2.32
Uthi3.49

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā

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
Dhanu5.03 am5.43 am
Makara5.43 am8.04 am
Kumbha8.04 am10.23 am
Meena10.23 am12.40 pm
Mesha12.40 pm3.01 pm
Vrishabha3.01 pm5.20 pm
Mithuna5.20 pm7.24 pm
Kataka7.24 pm9.05 pm
Simha9.05 pm10.31 pm
Kanya10.31 pm11.55 pm
Tula11.55 pm1.29 am
Vrischika1.29 am3.24 am
Dhanu3.24 am5.03 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.03
Sevvai6.12
Suriya7.22
Sukran8.32
Budhan9.42
Chandra10.52
Sani12.02
Guru1.12
Sevvai2.22
Suriya3.32
Sukran4.41
Budhan5.51

Night

Chandra7.01
Sani7.51
Guru8.42
Sevvai9.32
Suriya10.22
Sukran11.12
Budhan12.02
Chandra12.53
Sani1.43
Guru2.33
Sevvai3.23
Suriya4.13

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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