Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
5
Monday
Parabhava
Margazhi
21
Thingal
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 6.32 pm, then Chaturthi
Ayilyamtill 10.48 pm, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 8.13–9.29
Yamagandammorning 10.43–11.59
Kuligaiafternoon 1.13–2.29
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.48 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.59–8.13evening 4.58–6.43

Computed for Los Angeles, in US Pacific time (PST). 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 9.18 am; Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.33 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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 Los Angeles

Computed for Los Angeles, 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

6.59–8.13 am; Vishkambha Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run
11.39 am–12.18 pm; Yamagandam, Tyajyam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.13–9.29 am
10.43–11.59 am
12.07–1.39 pm
12.18–12.59 pm
1.13–2.29 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.18–2.59 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 10.48 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 10.48 pm, until Thursday 5.10 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise6.59 am
Sunset4.58 pm
Moonrise7.54 pm
Moonset8.55 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Los Angeles 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
Thingal (Monday)
Tritiyai, till 6.32 pm 28–53 nazhigaiChaturthi
Ayilyam, till 10.48 pm 39–32 nazhigaiMagam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 9.18 am caution 5–46 nazhigai
Priti Yogam, till 6.51 am (next day) 59–41 nazhigai		Ayushman Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 7.24 am 1–04 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.33 pm caution 28–53 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 5.52 am (next day) 57–12 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–6.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.13–9.29 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.43–11.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.39 am–12.18 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.07–1.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.18–12.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.13–2.29 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.18–2.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.17–10.47 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.59
Visham8.13
Rogam9.28
Labam210.44
Dhanam311.59
Sugam41.14
Soram2.28
Uthi53.44

Night

Sugam4.58
Soram6.43
Uthi8.29
Amirtham10.14
Visham11.58
Rogam1.43
Labam3.29
Dhanam5.14

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Indu Vāsara · Āśleṣā

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
Dhanu6.59 am7.37 am
Makara7.37 am9.15 am
Kumbha9.15 am10.36 am
Meena10.36 am11.55 am
Mesha11.55 am1.25 pm
Vrishabha1.25 pm3.18 pm
Mithuna3.18 pm5.34 pm
Kataka5.34 pm7.59 pm
Simha7.59 pm10.22 pm
Kanya10.22 pm12.45 am
Tula12.45 am3.09 am
Vrischika3.09 am5.31 am
Dhanu5.31 am6.59 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.59
Sani7.49
Guru8.39
Sevvai9.29
Suriya10.19
Sukran11.09
Budhan11.59
Chandra12.49
Sani1.38
Guru2.28
Sevvai3.18
Suriya4.08

Night

Sukran4.58
Budhan6.08
Chandra7.18
Sani8.28
Guru9.39
Sevvai10.49
Suriya11.59
Sukran1.09
Budhan2.19
Chandra3.29
Sani4.39
Guru5.49

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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