Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
19
Tuesday
Parabhava
Thai
5
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 1.20 pm, then Dwadasi
Rohinitill 12.25 am (next day), then Mirugaseeridam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamevening 5.06–6.55
Yamagandammorning 9.54–11.43
Kuligaiafternoon 1.30–3.19
ChandrashtamamChithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.55–8.43night 9.55–11.06

Computed for Melbourne, in Melbourne time (AEDT). 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, 6.55 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.20 pm.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Melbourne

Computed for Melbourne, 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

6.55–8.43 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
1.02–1.59 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
1.20–1.30 pmShort clear window
3.19–5.06 pmClear of every caution
6.55–8.43 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

9.11–10.09 am
9.54–11.43 am
1.30–3.19 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
5.06–6.55 pm
5.08–6.36 pm
12.33–1.12 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise
5.23–6.50 am, early Wednesday

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 11.09 am

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

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.18 am
Sunset8.43 pm
Moonrise5.53 pm
Moonset2.54 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Wednesday 20 January: Pradosham.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Melbourne's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Melbourne 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)
Ekadasi, till 1.20 pm 17–34 nazhigaiDwadasi
Rohini, till 12.25 am (next day) 45–14 nazhigaiMirugaseeridam
Shukla Yogam, till 11.44 am 13–33 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.20 pm caution 17–34 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 11.49 pm 43–45 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.02–5.39 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.11–10.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.54–11.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
1.02–1.59 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.30–3.19 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.06–6.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.08–6.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.30–10.57 pmA favourable window
12.33–1.12 amAvoided for new beginnings
5.23–6.50 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.18
Labam18.07
Dhanam29.55
Sugam311.43
Soram1.30
Uthi3.19
Visham5.06
Amirtham6.55

Night

Soram8.43
Uthi9.55
Visham11.06
Amirtham412.19
Rogam1.30
Labam2.44
Dhanam3.56
Sugam55.08

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Rohiṇī

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
Makara6.18 am8.31 am
Kumbha8.31 am10.59 am
Meena10.59 am1.26 pm
Mesha1.26 pm3.56 pm
Vrishabha3.56 pm6.19 pm
Mithuna6.19 pm8.21 pm
Kataka8.21 pm9.55 pm
Simha9.55 pm11.11 pm
Kanya11.11 pm12.26 am
Tula12.26 am1.51 am
Vrischika1.51 am3.41 am
Dhanu3.41 am5.59 am
Makara5.59 am6.19 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.18
Suriya7.30
Sukran8.42
Budhan9.54
Chandra11.06
Sani12.18
Guru1.30
Sevvai2.42
Suriya3.54
Sukran5.07
Budhan6.19
Chandra7.31

Night

Sani8.43
Guru9.31
Sevvai10.19
Suriya11.07
Sukran11.55
Budhan12.43
Chandra1.31
Sani2.19
Guru3.07
Sevvai3.55
Suriya4.43
Sukran5.31

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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