Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
13
Tuesday
Parabhava
Margazhi
29
Sevvai
Theypirai
Ekadasitill 4.23 am (next day), then Dwadasi
Visakamtill 10.37 am, then Anusham
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi · Bhogi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.33–3.50
Yamagandammorning 9.30–10.47
Kuligaiafternoon 12.01–1.18
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 1.18–2.33night 6.50–8.33

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.

Ganda Yogam runs all day, till 6.26 am Wednesday. 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

11.42 am–12.22 pm; Kuligai and Ganda Yogam also run
1.18–2.33 pm; Ganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

8.59–9.41 am
9.30–10.47 am
12.01–1.18 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.33–3.50 pm
3.06–4.55 pm
10.38–11.35 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Thursday 4.18 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise6.58 am
Sunset5.05 pm
Moonrise3.53 am (next day)
Moonset12.43 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi, from 3.51 am

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Bhogi, old things are set aside; the house is cleaned.

Wednesday 14 January: Thai Pongal.

In Tamil Nadu, Bhogi is on Wednesday 14 January.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Ekadasi, till 4.23 am (next day) 53–33 nazhigaiDwadasi
Visakam, till 10.37 am 9–06 nazhigaiAnusham
Ganda Yogam, till 6.26 am (next day) caution 58–39 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 3.07 pm 20–21 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 4.23 am (next day) 53–33 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.08–6.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.59–9.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.30–10.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.42 am–12.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.01–1.18 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.33–3.50 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.06–4.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.38–11.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.54–3.40 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.58
Labam18.15
Dhanam29.31
Sugam310.47
Soram12.01
Uthi41.18
Visham2.33
Amirtham53.50

Night

Soram5.05
Uthi6.50
Visham8.33
Amirtham610.18
Rogam12.01
Labam1.46
Dhanam3.30
Sugam5.15

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Ganda Yogam; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Ganda Yogam; 3 Ganda Yogam; 4 Ganda Yogam; 5 Tyajyam and Ganda Yogam; 6 Durmuhurtham.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 10.37 am, computed)

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
Dhanu6.58 am7.06 am
Makara7.06 am8.44 am
Kumbha8.44 am10.05 am
Meena10.05 am11.24 am
Mesha11.24 am12.54 pm
Vrishabha12.54 pm2.46 pm
Mithuna2.46 pm5.02 pm
Kataka5.02 pm7.27 pm
Simha7.27 pm9.51 pm
Kanya9.51 pm12.13 am
Tula12.13 am2.38 am
Vrischika2.38 am4.59 am
Dhanu4.59 am6.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.58
Suriya7.49
Sukran8.40
Budhan9.30
Chandra10.21
Sani11.11
Guru12.02
Sevvai12.52
Suriya1.43
Sukran2.34
Budhan3.24
Chandra4.15

Night

Sani5.05
Guru6.15
Sevvai7.24
Suriya8.34
Sukran9.43
Budhan10.52
Chandra12.02
Sani1.11
Guru2.21
Sevvai3.30
Suriya4.39
Sukran5.49

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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