Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
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Friday
Parabhava
Margazhi
25
Velli
Theypirai
Saptamitill 6.54 pm, then Ashtami
Hasthamtill 2.10 am (next day), then Chithirai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.44–12.01
Yamagandamafternoon 2.31–3.47
Kuligaimorning 8.14–9.30
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.59–8.14night 6.47–8.31

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.

Atiganda Yogam runs all day, till 3.29 am Saturday. 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

6.59–8.14 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
11.41 am–12.20 pm; Rahu Kalam and Atiganda Yogam also run

Avoid

8.14–9.30 am, what begins now is said to repeat
9.16–11.01 am
10.44 am–12.01 pm
2.31–3.47 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 3.23 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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
Sunset5.02 pm
Moonrise11.59 pm
Moonset10.46 am
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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
Velli (Friday)
Saptami, till 6.54 pm 29–49 nazhigaiAshtami
Hastham, till 2.10 am (next day) 47–58 nazhigaiChithirai
Atiganda Yogam, till 3.29 am (next day) caution 51–14 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 6.54 pm 29–49 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.08–6.03 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.14–9.30 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
9.16–11.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.44 am–12.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.41 am–12.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.31–3.47 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.41–9.24 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.59
Soram8.14
Uthi29.30
Visham10.44
Amirtham312.01
Rogam1.15
Labam42.32
Dhanam53.47

Night

Rogam5.02
Labam6.47
Dhanam8.31
Sugam10.16
Soram12.00
Uthi1.45
Visham3.29
Amirtham5.15

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Saptamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Hasta

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 am7.22 am
Makara7.22 am8.59 am
Kumbha8.59 am10.21 am
Meena10.21 am11.40 am
Mesha11.40 am1.09 pm
Vrishabha1.09 pm3.02 pm
Mithuna3.02 pm5.18 pm
Kataka5.18 pm7.43 pm
Simha7.43 pm10.06 pm
Kanya10.06 pm12.29 am
Tula12.29 am2.54 am
Vrischika2.54 am5.15 am
Dhanu5.15 am6.59 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.59
Budhan7.49
Chandra8.39
Sani9.30
Guru10.20
Sevvai11.10
Suriya12.00
Sukran12.51
Budhan1.41
Chandra2.31
Sani3.21
Guru4.11

Night

Sevvai5.02
Suriya6.11
Sukran7.21
Budhan8.31
Chandra9.41
Sani10.51
Guru12.00
Sevvai1.10
Suriya2.20
Sukran3.30
Budhan4.39
Chandra5.49

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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