Shastra Panchangam
February 2027
17
Wednesday
Parabhava
Maasi
5
Budhan

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 5.32 pm, then Dwadasi
Thiruvathiraitill 11.29 pm, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.00–1.30
Yamagandammorning 7.30–9.00
Kuligaimorning 10.30–12.00
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Kumbakonam. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 5.33 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.33 pm.

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


Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Kumbakonam

Computed for Kumbakonam, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

5.33–6.21 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.32–6.58 amShort clear window
9.15–10.15 am; Yamagandam, Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam also run
10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
4.45–5.45 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

8.00–9.30 am (printed 7.30–9)
9.17–10.45 am
10.57 am–12.27 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 10.30–12)
12.02–12.51 pm
12.26–1.56 pm (printed 12–1.30)

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 3.43 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise6.32 am
Sunset6.21 pm
Moonrise2.46 pm
Moonset3.53 am (next day)
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Thursday 18 February: Pradosham.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Kumbakonam 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Ekadasi, till 5.32 pm 27–30 nazhigaiDwadasi
Thiruvathirai, till 11.29 pm 42–23 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Priti Yogam, till 2.38 am (next day) 50–15 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 6.59 am 1–06 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.33 pm caution 27–30 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 4.02 am (next day) 53–45 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.55–5.43 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.00–9.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.17–10.45 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.57 am–12.27 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.02–12.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.26–1.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.24–3.50 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.32
Dhanam28.01
Sugam39.30
Soram10.57
Visham12.26
Uthi41.56
Amirtham53.24
Rogam4.52

Night

Uthi6.21
Amirtham7.53
Rogam9.23
Labam10.55
Dhanam12.27
Sugam1.58
Soram3.29
Visham5.00

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Saumya Vāsara · Ārdrā

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
Kumbha6.32 am8.06 am
Meena8.06 am9.47 am
Mesha9.47 am11.37 am
Vrishabha11.37 am1.40 pm
Mithuna1.40 pm3.51 pm
Kataka3.51 pm5.59 pm
Simha5.59 pm8.00 pm
Kanya8.00 pm10.00 pm
Tula10.00 pm12.05 am
Vrischika12.05 am2.16 am
Dhanu2.16 am4.24 am
Makara4.24 am6.18 am
Kumbha6.18 am6.32 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.32
Chandra7.31
Sani8.30
Guru9.29
Sevvai10.28
Suriya11.27
Sukran12.27
Budhan1.26
Chandra2.25
Sani3.24
Guru4.23
Sevvai5.22

Night

Suriya6.21
Sukran7.22
Budhan8.23
Chandra9.24
Sani10.24
Guru11.25
Sevvai12.26
Suriya1.27
Sukran2.28
Budhan3.29
Chandra4.30
Sani5.31

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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