Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
23
Friday
Visvavasu
Thai
10
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 9 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Panchamitill 12.17 pm, then Shashti
Uthirattathitill 12.46 am (next day), then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.47–12.06
Yamagandamafternoon 2.40–3.58
Kuligaimorning 8.12–9.31
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.55–8.12night 6.58–8.39

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, 12.08 pm to 2.40 pm is the best of the day.

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

12.08–2.40 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.55–8.12 amClear of every caution
6.55–8.12 am, inside the clear stretch
9.31–10.32 amClear of every caution
11.45 am–12.25 pm; Tyajyam and Rahu Kalam also run
3.58–5.15 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.12–9.31 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.32 am–12.08 pm
10.47 am–12.06 pm
2.40–3.58 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.06 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.55 am
Sunset5.15 pm
Moonrise9.43 am
Moonset10.22 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMeena 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)
Panchami, till 12.17 pm 13–24 nazhigaiShashti
Uthirattathi, till 12.46 am (next day) 44–39 nazhigaiRevathi
Shiva Yogam, till 12.32 am (next day) 44–03 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.17 pm 13–24 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.46 pm 42–09 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.06–6.00 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.12–9.31 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.32 am–12.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.47 am–12.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.45 am–12.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.40–3.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.02–9.36 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam6.55
Soram8.12
Uthi19.31
Visham10.47
Amirtham212.06
Rogam1.22
Labam32.40
Dhanam3.58

Night

Rogam5.15
Labam6.58
Dhanam8.40
Sugam10.23
Soram12.04
Uthi1.48
Visham3.29
Amirtham5.13

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā

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
Makara6.55 am8.04 am
Kumbha8.04 am9.26 am
Meena9.26 am10.45 am
Mesha10.45 am12.14 pm
Vrishabha12.14 pm2.07 pm
Mithuna2.07 pm4.23 pm
Kataka4.23 pm6.48 pm
Simha6.48 pm9.11 pm
Kanya9.11 pm11.34 pm
Tula11.34 pm1.59 am
Vrischika1.59 am4.20 am
Dhanu4.20 am6.23 am
Makara6.23 am6.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.55
Budhan7.47
Chandra8.38
Sani9.30
Guru10.22
Sevvai11.13
Suriya12.05
Sukran12.57
Budhan1.48
Chandra2.40
Sani3.32
Guru4.23

Night

Sevvai5.15
Suriya6.23
Sukran7.32
Budhan8.40
Chandra9.48
Sani10.56
Guru12.05
Sevvai1.13
Suriya2.21
Sukran3.30
Budhan4.38
Chandra5.46

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Sunday 12.06 am

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