Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
20
Tuesday
Visvavasu
Thai
7
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 6 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 4.13 pm, then Tritiyai
Avittamtill 3.28 am (next day), then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.35–3.49
Yamagandammorning 9.42–10.56
Kuligaiafternoon 12.08–1.23
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.06 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.49–5.02night 6.49–8.35

Computed for Edison, in US Eastern time (EST). 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, 8.26 am to 9.13 am is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 8.29 am Wednesday.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Edison

Computed for Edison, 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

8.26–9.13 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.50 am–12.28 pm; Kuligai and Vyatipata Yogam also run
3.49–5.02 pm; Vyatipata Yogam also runs

Avoid

6.45–8.26 am, from before sunrise
9.13–9.53 am
9.42–10.56 am
12.08–1.23 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.35–3.49 pm
10.43–11.41 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 3.06 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 3.06 pm, until Thursday 10.04 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

Sunrise7.16 am
Sunset5.02 pm
Moonrise8.35 am
Moonset6.58 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Edison 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)
Dwitiyai, till 4.13 pm 22–23 nazhigaiTritiyai
Avittam, till 3.28 am (next day) 50–32 nazhigaiSathayam
Siddhi Yogam, till 9.31 am 5–37 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 4.13 pm 22–23 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 4.18 am (next day) 52–37 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.23–6.19 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.45–8.26 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.13–9.53 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.42–10.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.50 am–12.28 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.08–1.23 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.35–3.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.43–6.21 pmA favourable window
10.43–11.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.16
Labam18.30
Dhanam29.43
Sugam310.56
Soram12.08
Uthi41.23
Visham2.35
Amirtham53.49

Night

Soram5.02
Uthi6.49
Visham8.35
Amirtham610.22
Rogam12.08
Labam1.56
Dhanam3.43
Sugam5.29

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā

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
Makara7.16 am8.31 am
Kumbha8.31 am9.44 am
Meena9.44 am10.55 am
Mesha10.55 am12.17 pm
Vrishabha12.17 pm2.05 pm
Mithuna2.05 pm4.23 pm
Kataka4.23 pm6.55 pm
Simha6.55 pm9.27 pm
Kanya9.27 pm11.58 pm
Tula11.58 pm2.30 am
Vrischika2.30 am4.56 am
Dhanu4.56 am6.56 am
Makara6.56 am7.16 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.16
Suriya8.05
Sukran8.54
Budhan9.43
Chandra10.31
Sani11.20
Guru12.09
Sevvai12.58
Suriya1.46
Sukran2.35
Budhan3.24
Chandra4.13

Night

Sani5.02
Guru6.13
Sevvai7.24
Suriya8.35
Sukran9.46
Budhan10.57
Chandra12.09
Sani1.20
Guru2.31
Sevvai3.42
Suriya4.53
Sukran6.04

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force from 3.05 pm, until Tuesday 10.04 pm

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