Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
9
Monday
Visvavasu
Thai
27
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 26 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Wednesday 14 January.

Theypirai
Ashtamitill 6.58 pm, then Navami
Visakamtill 7.25 pm, then Anusham
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.38–10.01
Yamagandammorning 11.21–12.43
Kuligaiafternoon 2.03–3.26
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.42 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.47–6.08night 9.26–11.03

Computed for Phoenix, in Arizona time (MST). 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, 3.58 pm to sunset 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 Phoenix

Computed for Phoenix, 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

3.58–6.08 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.18–8.38 amClear of every caution
10.01–11.21 amClear of every caution
12.21–1.04 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.43–1.04 pmShort clear window
1.48–2.03 pmShort clear window
4.47–6.08 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.38–10.01 am
11.21 am–12.43 pm
1.04–1.48 pm
2.03–3.26 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.14–3.58 pm
11.55 pm–1.43 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 12.42 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 12.42 pm, until Thursday 1.13 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise7.18 am
Sunset6.08 pm
Moonrise2.15 am (next day)
Moonset11.16 am
SunMakara Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Phoenix 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
Thingal (Monday)
Ashtami, till 6.58 pm 29–12 nazhigaiNavami
Visakam, till 7.25 pm 30–21 nazhigaiAnusham
Vriddhi Yogam, till 12.22 pm 12–42 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 6.58 pm 29–12 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.33–6.24 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.38–10.01 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.35–11.21 amA favourable window
11.21 am–12.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.21–1.04 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.04–1.48 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.03–3.26 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.14–3.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.55 pm–1.43 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham7.18
Visham8.38
Rogam10.00
Labam111.22
Dhanam212.43
Sugam32.04
Soram3.25
Uthi4.47

Night

Sugam6.08
Soram7.46
Uthi9.25
Amirtham411.04
Visham12.42
Rogam2.20
Labam4.00
Dhanam5.39

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Aṣṭamī · Indu Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Makara7.18 am7.32 am
Kumbha7.32 am8.54 am
Meena8.54 am10.14 am
Mesha10.14 am11.44 am
Vrishabha11.44 am1.37 pm
Mithuna1.37 pm3.53 pm
Kataka3.53 pm6.17 pm
Simha6.17 pm8.40 pm
Kanya8.40 pm11.02 pm
Tula11.02 pm1.26 am
Vrischika1.26 am3.47 am
Dhanu3.47 am5.50 am
Makara5.50 am7.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra7.18
Sani8.12
Guru9.06
Sevvai10.00
Suriya10.54
Sukran11.48
Budhan12.43
Chandra1.37
Sani2.31
Guru3.25
Sevvai4.19
Suriya5.14

Night

Sukran6.08
Budhan7.14
Chandra8.19
Sani9.25
Guru10.31
Sevvai11.36
Suriya12.42
Sukran1.48
Budhan2.54
Chandra3.59
Sani5.05
Guru6.11

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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