Shastra Panchangam
February 2027
18
Thursday
Parabhava
Maasi
6
Viyazhan

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 12.45 am (next day), then Chaturdasi
Punarpoosamtill 10.36 am, then Poosam
Amirtha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.31–2.53
Yamagandammorning 6.46–8.08
Kuligaimorning 9.28–10.50
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.14–5.35night 10.31–12.09 (after midnight)

Computed for Jersey City, 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, 2.53 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 Jersey City

Computed for Jersey City, 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

2.53–5.35 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.08–9.28 amClear of every caution
10.50 am–1.31 pmClear of every caution
11.49 am–12.31 pm
4.14–5.35 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.46–8.08 am
9.28–10.50 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.31–2.53 pm
5.45–7.12 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 5.38 am

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

Sunrise6.46 am
Sunset5.35 pm
Moonrise2.59 pm
Moonset5.51 am (next day)
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 5.13 am

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Jersey City 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)
Trayodasi, till 12.45 am (next day) 45–00 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Punarpoosam, till 10.36 am 9–36 nazhigaiPoosam
Ayushman Yogam, till 12.21 pm 13–58 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 2.22 pm 19–01 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.45 am (next day) 45–00 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Jersey City

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.01–5.53 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.46–8.08 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.27–9.52 am
2.22–3.47 am
A favourable window
9.28–10.50 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.49 am–12.31 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.31–2.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.45–7.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.46
Sugam8.08
Soram9.28
Uthi10.50
Amirtham12.11
Visham1.31
Rogam2.52
Labam4.14

Night

Amirtham25.35
Visham7.13
Rogam8.52
Labam10.31
Dhanam12.10
Sugam1.49
Soram3.27
Uthi5.06

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Guru Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 10.36 am, computed)

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
Kumbha6.46 am7.50 am
Meena7.50 am9.00 am
Mesha9.00 am10.22 am
Vrishabha10.22 am12.10 pm
Mithuna12.10 pm2.28 pm
Kataka2.28 pm5.00 pm
Simha5.00 pm7.32 pm
Kanya7.32 pm10.03 pm
Tula10.03 pm12.36 am
Vrischika12.36 am3.02 am
Dhanu3.02 am5.02 am
Makara5.02 am6.33 am
Kumbha6.33 am6.45 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.46
Sevvai7.40
Suriya8.34
Sukran9.28
Budhan10.22
Chandra11.16
Sani12.10
Guru1.04
Sevvai1.58
Suriya2.53
Sukran3.47
Budhan4.41

Night

Chandra5.35
Sani6.40
Guru7.46
Sevvai8.52
Suriya9.58
Sukran11.04
Budhan12.10
Chandra1.15
Sani2.21
Guru3.27
Sevvai4.33
Suriya5.39

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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