Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
13
Friday
Visvavasu
Maasi
2
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Maasi 1 on this day. Here Maasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 12 February.


Theypirai
Dwadasitill 2.32 am (next day), then Trayodasi
Pooradamtill 4.46 am (next day), then Uthiradam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.45–12.08
Yamagandamafternoon 2.51–4.14
Kuligaimorning 8.01–9.24
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.39–8.01night 7.14–8.51

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, 4.14 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 1.54 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

4.14–5.35 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.39–8.01 am; Vajra Yogam also runs
11.46 am–12.29 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vajra Yogam also run

Avoid

8.01–9.24 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.45 am–12.08 pm
1.08–2.53 pm
2.51–4.14 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 11.13 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

Sunrise6.39 am
Sunset5.35 pm
Moonrise5.10 am (next day)
Moonset1.50 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 14 February: Pradosham.

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)
Dwadasi, till 2.32 am (next day) 49–44 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Pooradam, till 4.46 am (next day) 55–20 nazhigaiUthiradam
Vajra Yogam, till 1.54 pm caution 18–06 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.48 pm 17–53 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 2.32 am (next day) 49–44 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.55–5.46 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.01–9.24 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.45 am–12.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.46 am–12.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.08–2.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.51–4.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.34 pm–1.17 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.39
Soram8.01
Uthi29.24
Visham10.45
Amirtham312.08
Rogam1.29
Labam42.52
Dhanam4.14

Night

Rogam5.35
Labam7.14
Dhanam8.52
Sugam10.29
Soram12.06
Uthi1.45
Visham3.22
Amirtham5.01

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā

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
Makara6.39 am6.42 am
Kumbha6.42 am8.03 am
Meena8.03 am9.22 am
Mesha9.22 am10.52 am
Vrishabha10.52 am12.44 pm
Mithuna12.44 pm3.00 pm
Kataka3.00 pm5.26 pm
Simha5.26 pm7.49 pm
Kanya7.49 pm10.11 pm
Tula10.11 pm12.36 am
Vrischika12.36 am2.58 am
Dhanu2.58 am5.00 am
Makara5.00 am6.38 am
Kumbha6.38 am6.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.39
Budhan7.34
Chandra8.29
Sani9.23
Guru10.18
Sevvai11.13
Suriya12.07
Sukran1.02
Budhan1.57
Chandra2.51
Sani3.46
Guru4.41

Night

Sevvai5.35
Suriya6.41
Sukran7.46
Budhan8.51
Chandra9.56
Sani11.02
Guru12.07
Sevvai1.12
Suriya2.17
Sukran3.23
Budhan4.28
Chandra5.33

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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