Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
21
Wednesday
Visvavasu
Thai
8
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 7 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Tritiyaitill 4.18 pm, then Chaturthi
Sathayamtill 3.57 am (next day), then Poorattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.09–1.23
Yamagandammorning 8.28–9.43
Kuligaimorning 10.55–12.10
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.36–3.49evening 5.03–6.49

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, 1.23 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vyatipata Yogam runs till 8.29 am.

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

1.23–5.03 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.43–10.49 amClear of every caution
2.36–3.49 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.28–9.43 am
10.49 am–12.27 pm
10.55 am–12.10 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
11.49 am–12.29 pm
12.09–1.23 pm

Chandrashtamam

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
Sunset5.03 pm
Moonrise8.59 am
Moonset8.06 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonKumbha 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Tritiyai, till 4.18 pm 22–36 nazhigaiChaturthi
Sathayam, till 3.57 am (next day) 51–45 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Vyatipata Yogam, till 8.29 am caution 3–02 nazhigai
Variyan Yogam, till 7.08 am (next day) 59–42 nazhigai		Parigha Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 4.18 pm 22–36 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 4.11 am (next day) 52–20 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.22–6.18 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.28–9.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.49 am–12.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.55 am–12.10 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.49 am–12.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.09–1.23 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.37–10.14 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam17.16
Dhanam28.29
Sugam39.43
Soram10.55
Visham12.09
Uthi1.23
Amirtham2.36
Rogam3.49

Night

Uthi5.03
Amirtham6.50
Rogam8.35
Labam10.23
Dhanam12.09
Sugam1.56
Soram3.41
Visham5.28

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · 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
Makara7.16 am8.27 am
Kumbha8.27 am9.40 am
Meena9.40 am10.51 am
Mesha10.51 am12.13 pm
Vrishabha12.13 pm2.01 pm
Mithuna2.01 pm4.19 pm
Kataka4.19 pm6.51 pm
Simha6.51 pm9.23 pm
Kanya9.23 pm11.54 pm
Tula11.54 pm2.26 am
Vrischika2.26 am4.52 am
Dhanu4.52 am6.52 am
Makara6.52 am7.15 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan7.16
Chandra8.05
Sani8.53
Guru9.42
Sevvai10.31
Suriya11.20
Sukran12.09
Budhan12.58
Chandra1.47
Sani2.36
Guru3.25
Sevvai4.14

Night

Suriya5.03
Sukran6.14
Budhan7.25
Chandra8.36
Sani9.47
Guru10.58
Sevvai12.09
Suriya1.20
Sukran2.31
Budhan3.42
Chandra4.53
Sani6.04

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until Thursday 10.04 pm

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