Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
24
Saturday
Visvavasu
Thai
11
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 10 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Shashtitill 2.10 pm, then Saptami
Revathitill 3.06 am (next day), then Ashwini
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.41–10.56
Yamagandamafternoon 1.24–2.39
Kuligaimorning 7.14–8.28
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.06 am (next day): Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.56–12.09evening 5.06–6.52

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, 10.56 am to 1.24 pm is the best of the day.

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

10.56 am–1.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.33–9.41 amClear of every caution
10.56 am–12.09 pm, inside the clear stretch
11.51 am–12.29 pm
2.39–3.26 pmShort clear window
5.00–5.06 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.14–8.28 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.14–8.33 am
9.41–10.56 am
1.24–2.39 pm
3.26–5.00 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.06 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 3.06 am, until Tuesday 6.16 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise7.14 am
Sunset5.06 pm
Moonrise10.06 am
Moonset11.33 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMeena 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
Sani (Saturday)
Shashti, till 2.10 pm 17–23 nazhigaiSaptami
Revathi, till 3.06 am (next day) 49–42 nazhigaiAshwini
Siddha Yogam, till 1.16 am (next day) 45–07 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 2.10 pm 17–23 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 1.29 am (next day) 45–39 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.21–6.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.14–8.28 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.14–8.33 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.41–10.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.51 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.24–2.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.26–5.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.46–2.19 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.14
Uthi18.28
Visham9.41
Amirtham10.56
Rogam12.09
Labam21.25
Dhanam32.39
Sugam43.53

Night

Labam5.06
Dhanam6.53
Sugam8.38
Soram10.23
Uthi12.10
Visham1.55
Amirtham3.42
Soram5.27

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Sthira Vāsara · Revatī

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
Makara7.14 am8.15 am
Kumbha8.15 am9.29 am
Meena9.29 am10.39 am
Mesha10.39 am12.01 pm
Vrishabha12.01 pm1.50 pm
Mithuna1.50 pm4.08 pm
Kataka4.08 pm6.39 pm
Simha6.39 pm9.11 pm
Kanya9.11 pm11.42 pm
Tula11.42 pm2.14 am
Vrischika2.14 am4.40 am
Dhanu4.40 am6.41 am
Makara6.41 am7.13 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.14
Guru8.03
Sevvai8.52
Suriya9.42
Sukran10.31
Budhan11.21
Chandra12.10
Sani12.59
Guru1.49
Sevvai2.38
Suriya3.28
Sukran4.17

Night

Budhan5.06
Chandra6.17
Sani7.27
Guru8.38
Sevvai9.49
Suriya10.59
Sukran12.10
Budhan1.20
Chandra2.31
Sani3.41
Guru4.52
Sevvai6.02

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 3.06 am

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