Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
22
Thursday
Visvavasu
Thai
9
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 8 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 3.59 pm, then Panchami
Poorattathitill 4.03 am (next day), then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.23–2.37
Yamagandammorning 7.15–8.29
Kuligaimorning 9.42–10.56
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.04 pm: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.29–9.42evening 5.04–6.50

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.59 pm; Parigha Yogam runs all day, till 5.30 am Friday. 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.

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

8.29–9.42 am; Bhadra Karanam and Parigha Yogam also run
11.50 am–12.29 pm; Tyajyam, Bhadra Karanam and Parigha Yogam also run

Avoid

7.15–8.29 am
9.42–10.56 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.22 am–12.00 pm
1.23–2.37 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 10.04 pm

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 10.04 pm, until Sunday 3.06 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise7.15 am
Sunset5.04 pm
Moonrise9.22 am
Moonset9.13 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Chaturthi, till 3.59 pm 21–50 nazhigaiPanchami
Poorattathi, till 4.03 am (next day) 52–02 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Parigha Yogam, till 5.30 am (next day) caution 55–37 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.59 pm caution 21–50 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 3.41 am (next day) 51–06 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.22–6.18 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.15–8.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.42–10.56 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.22 am–12.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.50 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.23–2.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.02–9.37 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.15
Sugam28.29
Soram9.42
Uthi310.56
Amirtham412.10
Visham1.23
Rogam2.36
Labam53.51

Night

Amirtham5.04
Visham6.50
Rogam8.36
Labam10.23
Dhanam12.10
Sugam1.56
Soram3.41
Uthi5.28

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Guru Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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
Makara7.15 am8.23 am
Kumbha8.23 am9.36 am
Meena9.36 am10.47 am
Mesha10.47 am12.09 pm
Vrishabha12.09 pm1.57 pm
Mithuna1.57 pm4.15 pm
Kataka4.15 pm6.47 pm
Simha6.47 pm9.19 pm
Kanya9.19 pm11.50 pm
Tula11.50 pm2.22 am
Vrischika2.22 am4.48 am
Dhanu4.48 am6.49 am
Makara6.49 am7.14 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.15
Sevvai8.04
Suriya8.53
Sukran9.42
Budhan10.31
Chandra11.20
Sani12.09
Guru12.59
Sevvai1.48
Suriya2.37
Sukran3.26
Budhan4.15

Night

Chandra5.04
Sani6.15
Guru7.26
Sevvai8.37
Suriya9.47
Sukran10.58
Budhan12.09
Chandra1.20
Sani2.31
Guru3.42
Sevvai4.53
Suriya6.03

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil
In force all day, until 10.04 pm

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