Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
31
Sunday
Parabhava
Thai
18
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 17 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 January.

Theypirai
Dasamitill 11.12 pm, then Ekadasi
Anushamtill 8.58 pm, then Kettai
Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.32–6.02
Yamagandamafternoon 12.06–1.35
Kuligaiafternoon 3.03–4.33
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.11–7.39evening 6.02–7.32

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, 6.11 am to 10.04 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.12 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

6.11–10.04 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.11–7.39 am, inside the clear stretch
11.43 am–12.29 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

12.06–1.35 pm
3.03–4.33 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.26–5.14 pm
4.32–6.02 pm
3.14–5.03 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 11.52 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise6.11 am
Sunset6.01 pm
Moonrise2.12 am (next day)
Moonset1.09 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Monday 1 February: Ekadasi.

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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Dasami, till 11.12 pm 42–32 nazhigaiEkadasi
Anusham, till 8.58 pm 36–58 nazhigaiKettai
Vriddhi Yogam, till 6.49 am 1–35 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.05 am 9–45 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.12 pm caution 42–32 nazhigai
Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Georgetown

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.34–5.22 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.29–11.14 amA favourable window
11.43 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.06–1.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.03–4.33 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.26–5.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.32–6.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.14–5.03 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi6.11
Amirtham7.40
Rogam9.08
Labam110.38
Dhanam212.07
Sugam31.35
Soram3.03
Visham4.32

Night

Dhanam46.01
Sugam7.33
Soram9.03
Visham10.34
Uthi12.07
Amirtham1.38
Rogam3.08
Labam54.40

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhānu Vāsara · Anurādhā

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Makara6.11 am7.04 am
Kumbha7.04 am8.50 am
Meena8.50 am10.35 am
Mesha10.35 am12.28 pm
Vrishabha12.28 pm2.33 pm
Mithuna2.33 pm4.43 pm
Kataka4.43 pm6.49 pm
Simha6.49 pm8.46 pm
Kanya8.46 pm10.43 pm
Tula10.43 pm12.45 am
Vrischika12.45 am2.54 am
Dhanu2.54 am5.02 am
Makara5.02 am6.11 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.11
Sukran7.10
Budhan8.09
Chandra9.08
Sani10.08
Guru11.07
Sevvai12.06
Suriya1.05
Sukran2.04
Budhan3.04
Chandra4.03
Sani5.02

Night

Guru6.01
Sevvai7.02
Suriya8.03
Sukran9.04
Budhan10.04
Chandra11.05
Sani12.06
Guru1.07
Sevvai2.08
Suriya3.08
Sukran4.09
Budhan5.10

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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