Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
19
Tuesday
Parabhava
Thai
6
Sevvai

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 5 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Dwadasitill 3.12 pm, then Trayodasi
Mirugaseeridamtill 2.47 am (next day), then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Pradosham

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.37–3.55
Yamagandammorning 9.30–10.48
Kuligaiafternoon 12.03–1.21
ChandrashtamamUntil 4.09 pm: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 1.21–2.37night 6.55–8.37

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, 6.57 am to 8.59 am 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

6.57–8.59 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.44 am–12.24 pm; Tyajyam and Kuligai also run
11.50 am–12.03 pmShort clear window
1.21–2.37 pmClear of every caution
1.21–2.37 pm, inside the clear stretch
3.55–5.11 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.59–9.41 am
9.30–10.48 am
10.23–11.50 am
12.03–1.21 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.37–3.55 pm
10.41–11.37 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 4.09 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 4.09 pm, until Thursday 3.41 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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
Sunset5.11 pm
Moonrise2.08 pm
Moonset5.21 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

Pradosham, Siva worship at dusk.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Dwadasi, till 3.12 pm 20–38 nazhigaiTrayodasi
Mirugaseeridam, till 2.47 am (next day) 49–37 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Brahma Yogam, till 12.58 pm 15–03 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 3.12 pm 20–38 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.29 am (next day) 46–21 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–6.01 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.59–9.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.30–10.48 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.23–11.50 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.44 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.03–1.21 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.37–3.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.58–8.22 pmA favourable window
10.41–11.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.57
Labam18.14
Dhanam29.31
Sugam310.48
Soram12.03
Uthi1.21
Visham2.37
Amirtham3.55

Night

Soram5.11
Uthi6.55
Visham8.37
Amirtham410.21
Rogam12.03
Labam1.47
Dhanam3.31
Sugam5.14

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1948
2083
2082
5128
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Makara6.57 am8.21 am
Kumbha8.21 am9.42 am
Meena9.42 am11.01 am
Mesha11.01 am12.31 pm
Vrishabha12.31 pm2.24 pm
Mithuna2.24 pm4.40 pm
Kataka4.40 pm7.05 pm
Simha7.05 pm9.28 pm
Kanya9.28 pm11.51 pm
Tula11.51 pm2.15 am
Vrischika2.15 am4.37 am
Dhanu4.37 am6.40 am
Makara6.40 am6.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.57
Suriya7.48
Sukran8.39
Budhan9.30
Chandra10.22
Sani11.13
Guru12.04
Sevvai12.55
Suriya1.46
Sukran2.37
Budhan3.29
Chandra4.20

Night

Sani5.11
Guru6.20
Sevvai7.28
Suriya8.37
Sukran9.46
Budhan10.55
Chandra12.04
Sani1.12
Guru2.21
Sevvai3.30
Suriya4.39
Sukran5.48

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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