Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
27
Friday
Visvavasu
Maasi
15
Velli

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 1.03 pm, then Dwadasi
Punarpoosamtill 12.05 am (next day), then Poosam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 10.35–12.06
Yamagandamafternoon 3.05–4.35
Kuligaimorning 7.35–9.06
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.23 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.06–7.35night 7.35–9.05

Computed for Georgetown, in Guyana time. 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, 4.35 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.04 pm.

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


Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Georgetown

Computed for Georgetown, 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

4.35–6.05 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.06–7.35 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.42 am–12.29 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run
2.14–3.05 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.35–9.06 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.35 am–12.06 pm
12.42–2.14 pm
3.05–4.35 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 6.23 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 6.23 pm, until Sunday 10.22 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.06 am
Sunset6.05 pm
Moonrise2.52 pm
Moonset3.38 am (next day)
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Saturday 28 February: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Georgetown 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
Velli (Friday)
Ekadasi, till 1.03 pm 17–24 nazhigaiDwadasi
Punarpoosam, till 12.05 am (next day) 44–59 nazhigaiPoosam
Ayushman Yogam, till 10.14 am 10–20 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.04 pm caution 17–24 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 12.07 am (next day) 45–04 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.30–5.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.35–9.06 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.35 am–12.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.42 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.42–2.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.05–4.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.49–11.19 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.06
Soram7.35
Uthi29.06
Visham10.35
Amirtham312.06
Rogam1.35
Labam43.06
Dhanam4.35

Night

Rogam6.05
Labam7.35
Dhanam9.05
Sugam10.36
Soram12.05
Uthi1.36
Visham3.05
Amirtham4.36

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Kumbha6.06 am7.03 am
Meena7.03 am8.48 am
Mesha8.48 am10.41 am
Vrishabha10.41 am12.46 pm
Mithuna12.46 pm2.56 pm
Kataka2.56 pm5.01 pm
Simha5.01 pm6.59 pm
Kanya6.59 pm8.55 pm
Tula8.55 pm10.58 pm
Vrischika10.58 pm1.07 am
Dhanu1.07 am3.15 am
Makara3.15 am5.12 am
Kumbha5.12 am6.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.06
Budhan7.06
Chandra8.06
Sani9.05
Guru10.05
Sevvai11.05
Suriya12.05
Sukran1.05
Budhan2.05
Chandra3.05
Sani4.05
Guru5.05

Night

Sevvai6.05
Suriya7.05
Sukran8.05
Budhan9.05
Chandra10.05
Sani11.05
Guru12.05
Sevvai1.05
Suriya2.05
Sukran3.05
Budhan4.05
Chandra5.05

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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