January 2027

Wednesday

Plavanga

Margazhi

Budhan

Valarpirai

Shashtitill 8.29 am (next day), then Saptami

Poorattathitill 4.35 pm, then Uthirattathi

Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.13–1.15

Yamagandammorning 9.10–10.12

Kuligaimorning 11.12–12.14

ChandrashtamamUntil 10.11 am: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter

Keezhnokku Naaldownward day

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 8.10–9.10evening 4.17–6.15

Computed for Leicester, in UK time (GMT). 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, 8.10 am to 9.10 am is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 11.53 am Thursday.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Leicester

Computed for Leicester, 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

8.10–9.10 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

8.10–9.10 am, inside the clear stretch

10.12–11.12 amClear of every caution

Avoid

9.10–10.12 am

11.12 am–12.14 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

11.57 am–12.30 pm

12.13–1.15 pm

2.40–4.22 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 10.11 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 10.11 am, until Friday 6.22 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise8.10 am

Sunset4.17 pm

Moonrise10.12 am

Moonset10.41 pm

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 14 January: Bhogi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Leicester 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Budhan (Wednesday)
	Shashti, till 8.29 am (next day) 60–50 nazhigai	Saptami
	Poorattathi, till 4.35 pm 21–03 nazhigai	Uthirattathi
	Variyan Yogam, till 12.24 pm 10–36 nazhigai	Parigha Yogam
	Kaulava Karanam, till 8.06 pm 29–50 nazhigai
	Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Leicester

Window	Time	Traditional use
	6.03–7.06 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	7.58–9.41 am	A favourable window
	9.10–10.12 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.12 am–12.14 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	11.57 am–12.30 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.13–1.15 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	2.40–4.22 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day	Widely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam8.10

Dhanam¹9.11

Sugam10.12

Soram11.12

Visham12.13

Uthi²1.15

Amirtham³2.15

Rogam3.15

Night

Uthi4.17

Amirtham6.16

Rogam8.14

Labam10.14

Dhanam12.13

Sugam⁴2.13

Soram4.11

Visham6.10

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Saumya Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā

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 sign	From	To
Dhanu	8.10 am	8.21 am
Makara	8.21 am	9.33 am
Kumbha	9.33 am	10.25 am
Meena	10.25 am	11.13 am
Mesha	11.13 am	12.15 pm
Vrishabha	12.15 pm	1.51 pm
Mithuna	1.51 pm	4.15 pm
Kataka	4.15 pm	7.06 pm
Simha	7.06 pm	9.59 pm
Kanya	9.59 pm	12.51 am
Tula	12.51 am	3.45 am
Vrischika	3.45 am	6.23 am
Dhanu	6.23 am	8.09 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan8.10

Chandra8.51

Sani9.31

Guru10.12

Sevvai10.52

Suriya11.33

Sukran12.13

Budhan12.54

Chandra1.34

Sani2.15

Guru2.56

Sevvai3.36

Night

Suriya4.17

Sukran5.36

Budhan6.55

Chandra8.15

Sani9.34

Guru10.54

Sevvai12.13

Suriya1.32

Sukran2.52

Budhan4.11

Chandra5.30

Sani6.50

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

Also

	A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
	North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk
	In force all day, until 10.11 am