Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
5
Tuesday
Plavanga
Margazhi
21
Sevvai
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 10.10 am, then Chaturdasi
Kettaitill 4.37 pm, then Moolam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.28–3.39
Yamagandammorning 9.44–10.56
Kuligaiafternoon 12.06–1.18
ChandrashtamamUntil 4.38 pm: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarterThen: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.56–12.06night 6.39–8.28

Computed for Philadelphia, in US Eastern time (EST). 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, 7.22 am to 9.15 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.27 pm.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Philadelphia

Computed for Philadelphia, 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

7.22–9.15 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.56 am–12.06 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
11.48 am–12.25 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

9.15–9.54 am
9.44–10.56 am
12.06–1.18 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.28–3.39 pm
10.38–11.38 pm, in the evening
1.37–3.26 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 4.38 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha Rasi.

Then

from 4.38 pm, until Friday 5.30 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

Sunrise7.22 am
Sunset4.50 pm
Moonrise6.52 am (next day)
Moonset2.40 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Philadelphia 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)
Trayodasi, till 10.10 am 6–59 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Kettai, till 4.37 pm 23–08 nazhigaiMoolam
Vriddhi Yogam, till 3.02 am (next day) 49–10 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.10 am 6–59 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.27 pm caution 40–10 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Philadelphia

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.26–6.24 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.47–8.33 amA favourable window
9.15–9.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.44–10.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.48 am–12.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.06–1.18 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.28–3.39 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.38–11.38 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.37–3.26 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.22
Labam18.34
Dhanam29.45
Sugam310.56
Soram12.06
Uthi41.18
Visham2.28
Amirtham53.39

Night

Soram4.50
Uthi6.39
Visham8.28
Amirtham610.18
Rogam12.06
Labam71.56
Dhanam3.45
Sugam5.34

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Bhadra Karanam; 6 Durmuhurtham; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Jyeṣṭhā (Mūla from 4.37 pm, computed)

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

1949
2084
2084
5129
1202

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu7.22 am8.02 am
Makara8.02 am9.33 am
Kumbha9.33 am10.47 am
Meena10.47 am11.58 am
Mesha11.58 am1.21 pm
Vrishabha1.21 pm3.10 pm
Mithuna3.10 pm5.28 pm
Kataka5.28 pm7.59 pm
Simha7.59 pm10.30 pm
Kanya10.30 pm1.00 am
Tula1.00 am3.32 am
Vrischika3.32 am5.57 am
Dhanu5.57 am7.22 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.22
Suriya8.10
Sukran8.57
Budhan9.44
Chandra10.32
Sani11.19
Guru12.06
Sevvai12.53
Suriya1.41
Sukran2.28
Budhan3.15
Chandra4.03

Night

Sani4.50
Guru6.03
Sevvai7.15
Suriya8.28
Sukran9.41
Budhan10.53
Chandra12.06
Sani1.19
Guru2.31
Sevvai3.44
Suriya4.57
Sukran6.10

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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