Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
18
Sunday
Visvavasu
Thai
5
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 4 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Theypirai
Amavasaitill 11.52 am, then Prathamai
Uthiradamtill 10.23 pm, then Thiruvonam
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.53–5.11
Yamagandamafternoon 12.03–1.21
Kuligaiafternoon 2.36–3.54
ChandrashtamamMirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.14–9.30evening 5.11–6.53

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, 7.00 am to 7.41 am is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 7.16 am Monday.

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

7.00–7.41 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.14–9.30 am; Vajra Yogam also runs
11.44 am–12.24 pm; Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam also run

Avoid

5.17–7.00 am, from before sunrise
12.03–1.21 pm
2.36–3.54 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.48–4.30 pm
3.53–5.11 pm
2.34–4.16 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 12.06 pm

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise6.57 am
Sunset5.10 pm
Moonrise7.13 am
Moonset5.05 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi, from 3.11 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Amavasai runs till 11.52 am; the Amavasai day here is on Saturday 17 January.

In Tamil Nadu, Amavasai is 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Amavasai, till 11.52 am 12–17 nazhigaiPrathamai
Uthiradam, till 10.23 pm 38–34 nazhigaiThiruvonam
Harshana Yogam, till 7.41 am 1–50 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 11.52 am 12–17 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 12.21 am (next day) 43–31 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–6.01 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.17–7.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.44 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.03–1.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.36–3.54 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.33–5.14 pmA favourable window
3.48–4.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.53–5.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.34–4.16 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.57
Amirtham28.14
Rogam9.30
Labam310.47
Dhanam412.04
Sugam51.21
Soram2.36
Visham3.53

Night

Dhanam65.10
Sugam6.54
Soram8.36
Visham10.20
Uthi12.04
Amirtham71.47
Rogam3.30
Labam5.14

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Tyajyam and Vajra Yogam; 2 Vajra Yogam; 3 Vajra Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam; 5 Vajra Yogam; 6 Rahu Kalam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Bhānu Vāsara · Uttarāṣāḍhā

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
Makara6.57 am8.24 am
Kumbha8.24 am9.45 am
Meena9.45 am11.04 am
Mesha11.04 am12.34 pm
Vrishabha12.34 pm2.27 pm
Mithuna2.27 pm4.43 pm
Kataka4.43 pm7.08 pm
Simha7.08 pm9.31 pm
Kanya9.31 pm11.53 pm
Tula11.53 pm2.18 am
Vrischika2.18 am4.40 am
Dhanu4.40 am6.42 am
Makara6.42 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.57
Sukran7.48
Budhan8.39
Chandra9.30
Sani10.21
Guru11.13
Sevvai12.04
Suriya12.55
Sukran1.46
Budhan2.37
Chandra3.28
Sani4.19

Night

Guru5.10
Sevvai6.19
Suriya7.28
Sukran8.37
Budhan9.46
Chandra10.55
Sani12.03
Guru1.12
Sevvai2.21
Suriya3.30
Sukran4.39
Budhan5.48

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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