Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
26
Monday
Visvavasu
Thai
13
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 12 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Ashtamitill 10.49 am, then Navami
Bharanitill 12.39 am (next day), then Karthigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.26–9.42
Yamagandammorning 10.55–12.11
Kuligaiafternoon 1.25–2.40
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.16 am (next day): Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.12–8.26evening 5.09–6.54

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, 3.10 pm to sunset 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

3.10–5.09 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.12–8.26 amClear of every caution
7.12–8.26 am, inside the clear stretch
9.42–10.55 amClear of every caution
11.51 am–12.30 pm; Yamagandam and Tyajyam also run
1.11–1.25 pmShort clear window

Avoid

8.26–9.42 am
10.55 am–12.11 pm
11.05 am–12.36 pm
12.30–1.11 pm
1.25–2.40 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.29–3.10 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 6.16 am

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

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 6.16 am, until Thursday 8.02 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise7.12 am
Sunset5.09 pm
Moonrise11.02 am
Moonset2.02 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMesha 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
Thingal (Monday)
Ashtami, till 10.49 am 9–01 nazhigaiNavami
Bharani, till 12.39 am (next day) 43–39 nazhigaiKarthigai
Shubha Yogam, till 7.50 pm 31–36 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 10.49 am 9–01 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 9.45 pm 36–22 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.20–6.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.26–9.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.55 am–12.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.05 am–12.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.51 am–12.30 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.30–1.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.25–2.40 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.29–3.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.08–9.38 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham7.12
Visham8.26
Rogam9.41
Labam110.56
Dhanam212.11
Sugam31.25
Soram2.39
Uthi3.55

Night

Sugam5.09
Soram6.54
Uthi8.40
Amirtham10.25
Visham12.10
Rogam1.55
Labam3.41
Dhanam5.26

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Indu Vāsara · Bharaṇī

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
Makara7.12 am8.08 am
Kumbha8.08 am9.21 am
Meena9.21 am10.31 am
Mesha10.31 am11.53 am
Vrishabha11.53 am1.42 pm
Mithuna1.42 pm4.00 pm
Kataka4.00 pm6.32 pm
Simha6.32 pm9.03 pm
Kanya9.03 pm11.34 pm
Tula11.34 pm2.07 am
Vrischika2.07 am4.32 am
Dhanu4.32 am6.33 am
Makara6.33 am7.11 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra7.12
Sani8.02
Guru8.52
Sevvai9.41
Suriya10.31
Sukran11.21
Budhan12.10
Chandra1.00
Sani1.50
Guru2.40
Sevvai3.29
Suriya4.19

Night

Sukran5.09
Budhan6.19
Chandra7.29
Sani8.39
Guru9.50
Sevvai11.00
Suriya12.10
Sukran1.20
Budhan2.30
Chandra3.41
Sani4.51
Guru6.01

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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