Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
31
Saturday
Visvavasu
Thai
18
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 17 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.


Valarpirai
Chaturdasitill 4.23 pm, then Pournami
Punarpoosamtill 12.04 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam

Thai Poosam

Rahu Kalammorning 9.28–10.48
Yamagandamafternoon 1.25–2.45
Kuligaimorning 6.50–8.10
ChandrashtamamMoolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.04–5.23night 7.04–7.32

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, 10.48 am to 1.25 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 3.14 am Sunday.

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

10.48 am–1.25 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.15–9.28 amClear of every caution
11.46 am–12.27 pm
2.45–4.23 pmClear of every caution
4.04–5.23 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

6.50–8.10 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.50–8.15 am
9.28–10.48 am
1.25–2.45 pm
7.32–9.02 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise6.50 am
Sunset5.23 pm
Moonrise4.18 pm
Moonset6.47 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi, from 6.31 am

This day and the next

Thai Poosam, Murugan's day; kavadi.

Sunday 1 February: Pournami.

In Tamil Nadu, Thai Poosam is on Sunday 1 February.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturdasi, till 4.23 pm 23–53 nazhigaiPournami
Punarpoosam, till 12.04 pm 13–05 nazhigaiPoosam
Priti Yogam, till 8.49 pm 34–57 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 4.23 pm 23–53 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 3.14 am (next day) caution 50–59 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.03–5.56 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.50–8.10 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.50–8.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.28–10.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.52–11.20 am
4.30–5.59 am
A favourable window
11.46 am–12.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.25–2.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.32–9.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.50
Uthi18.10
Visham9.28
Amirtham10.48
Rogam12.06
Labam21.26
Dhanam2.45
Sugam34.04

Night

Labam5.23
Dhanam47.04
Sugam58.45
Soram10.25
Uthi12.07
Visham1.47
Amirtham3.28
Soram5.08

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 12.04 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
Makara6.50 am7.33 am
Kumbha7.33 am8.54 am
Meena8.54 am10.13 am
Mesha10.13 am11.43 am
Vrishabha11.43 am1.36 pm
Mithuna1.36 pm3.52 pm
Kataka3.52 pm6.17 pm
Simha6.17 pm8.40 pm
Kanya8.40 pm11.02 pm
Tula11.02 pm1.27 am
Vrischika1.27 am3.49 am
Dhanu3.49 am5.51 am
Makara5.51 am6.50 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.50
Guru7.43
Sevvai8.36
Suriya9.28
Sukran10.21
Budhan11.14
Chandra12.07
Sani12.59
Guru1.52
Sevvai2.45
Suriya3.37
Sukran4.30

Night

Budhan5.23
Chandra6.30
Sani7.37
Guru8.45
Sevvai9.52
Suriya10.59
Sukran12.06
Budhan1.13
Chandra2.21
Sani3.28
Guru4.35
Sevvai5.42

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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