Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
16
Friday
Visvavasu
Thai
3
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 2 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Theypirai
Trayodasitill 8.52 am, then Chaturdasi
Moolamtill 6.42 pm, then Pooradam

Masa Sivaratri · Kaanum Pongal

Rahu Kalammorning 10.46–12.03
Yamagandamafternoon 2.35–3.52
Kuligaimorning 8.14–9.31
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.58–8.14night 6.52–8.35

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

For anything new, 6.58 am to 7.36 am is the best of the day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs till 7.49 am Saturday; Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.47 pm.

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

6.58–7.36 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.58–8.14 am; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
11.43 am–12.23 pm; Rahu Kalam, Vyaghata Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.14–9.31 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.46 am–12.03 pm
2.35–3.52 pm
4.56–6.43 pm
5.07–6.52 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.12 am

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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
Sunset5.08 pm
Moonrise6.32 am (next day)
Moonset3.04 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

Kaanum Pongal, visiting family.

Saturday 17 January: Amavasai.

In Tamil Nadu, Mattu Pongal is on this day.

In Tamil Nadu, Kaanum Pongal is on Saturday 17 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
Velli (Friday)
Trayodasi, till 8.52 am 4–46 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Moolam, till 6.42 pm 29–22 nazhigaiPooradam
Dhruva Yogam, till 7.37 am 1–37 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 8.52 am 4–46 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.47 pm caution 37–02 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–6.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.14–9.31 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.46 am–12.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–1.25 pmA favourable window
11.43 am–12.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.35–3.52 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.56–6.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.07–6.52 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.58
Soram8.14
Uthi29.31
Visham10.46
Amirtham312.03
Rogam1.19
Labam42.36
Dhanam53.52

Night

Rogam5.08
Labam6.52
Dhanam8.36
Sugam10.20
Soram12.02
Uthi1.47
Visham3.30
Amirtham65.14

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Mūla

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
Makara6.58 am8.32 am
Kumbha8.32 am9.53 am
Meena9.53 am11.12 am
Mesha11.12 am12.42 pm
Vrishabha12.42 pm2.35 pm
Mithuna2.35 pm4.51 pm
Kataka4.51 pm7.16 pm
Simha7.16 pm9.39 pm
Kanya9.39 pm12.01 am
Tula12.01 am2.26 am
Vrischika2.26 am4.48 am
Dhanu4.48 am6.50 am
Makara6.50 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.58
Budhan7.49
Chandra8.39
Sani9.30
Guru10.21
Sevvai11.12
Suriya12.03
Sukran12.54
Budhan1.45
Chandra2.36
Sani3.26
Guru4.17

Night

Sevvai5.08
Suriya6.17
Sukran7.26
Budhan8.35
Chandra9.45
Sani10.54
Guru12.03
Sevvai1.12
Suriya2.21
Sukran3.30
Budhan4.39
Chandra5.48

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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