Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
30
Friday
Visvavasu
Thai
17
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 16 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.


Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 6.56 pm, then Chaturdasi
Thiruvathiraitill 1.58 pm, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalammorning 10.47–12.07
Yamagandamafternoon 2.44–4.04
Kuligaimorning 8.09–9.29
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.32 am (next day): Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.51–8.09night 7.03–8.44

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.

Vishkambha Yogam runs all day, till 12.04 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.

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

6.51–8.09 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
11.46 am–12.27 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vishkambha Yogam also run

Avoid

8.09–9.29 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.47 am–12.07 pm
2.44–4.04 pm
1.00–2.30 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 6.32 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 6.32 am, until Monday 9.18 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.51 am
Sunset5.22 pm
Moonrise3.05 pm
Moonset6.04 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

Saturday 31 January: Thai Poosam.

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 6.56 pm 30–13 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Thiruvathirai, till 1.58 pm 17–47 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 12.04 am (next day) caution 43–02 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 8.17 am 3–35 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 6.56 pm 30–13 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 5.38 am (next day) 56–58 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.04–5.57 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.09–9.29 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.47 am–12.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 am–12.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.44–4.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.00–2.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.51
Soram8.09
Uthi29.29
Visham10.47
Amirtham312.07
Rogam1.25
Labam42.45
Dhanam54.04

Night

Rogam5.22
Labam7.03
Dhanam8.44
Sugam10.26
Soram12.06
Uthi61.48
Visham3.28
Amirtham5.10

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Ārdrā (Punarvasu from 1.58 pm, 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
Makara6.51 am7.37 am
Kumbha7.37 am8.58 am
Meena8.58 am10.17 am
Mesha10.17 am11.47 am
Vrishabha11.47 am1.40 pm
Mithuna1.40 pm3.56 pm
Kataka3.56 pm6.21 pm
Simha6.21 pm8.44 pm
Kanya8.44 pm11.06 pm
Tula11.06 pm1.31 am
Vrischika1.31 am3.53 am
Dhanu3.53 am5.55 am
Makara5.55 am6.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.51
Budhan7.44
Chandra8.36
Sani9.29
Guru10.21
Sevvai11.14
Suriya12.06
Sukran12.59
Budhan1.52
Chandra2.44
Sani3.37
Guru4.29

Night

Sevvai5.22
Suriya6.29
Sukran7.37
Budhan8.44
Chandra9.51
Sani10.59
Guru12.06
Sevvai1.13
Suriya2.21
Sukran3.28
Budhan4.36
Chandra5.43

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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