Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
20
Friday
Visvavasu
Maasi
9
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Maasi 8 on this day. Here Maasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 12 February.

Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 12.31 am (next day), then Panchami
Uthirattathitill 7.38 am, then Revathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.18–12.43
Yamagandamafternoon 3.29–4.54
Kuligaimorning 8.30–9.55
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.38 am (next day): Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.54–6.18night 8.40–9.29

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, 7.07 am to 8.30 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 12.32 am Saturday.

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

7.07–8.30 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.55–11.18 amClear of every caution
12.20–1.04 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
12.43–1.22 pmShort clear window
4.54–6.18 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

8.30–9.55 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.18 am–12.43 pm
3.29–4.54 pm
7.07–8.40 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 6.38 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 6.38 am, until Monday 9.43 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise7.07 am
Sunset6.18 pm
Moonrise8.50 am
Moonset9.53 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMeena 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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturthi, till 12.31 am (next day) 43–34 nazhigaiPanchami
Uthirattathi, till 7.38 am 1–18 nazhigai
Revathi, till 6.37 am (next day) 58–49 nazhigai		Ashwini
Shubha Yogam, till 3.21 am (next day) 50–39 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 1.22 pm 15–39 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 12.32 am (next day) caution 43–34 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.24–6.15 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.30–9.55 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.18 am–12.43 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.20–1.04 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.29–4.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.07–8.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.20–5.51 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam7.07
Soram8.30
Uthi9.55
Visham11.18
Amirtham112.43
Rogam2.06
Labam23.30
Dhanam34.54

Night

Rogam6.18
Labam47.54
Dhanam9.30
Sugam11.06
Soram12.41
Uthi2.18
Visham3.53
Amirtham5.30

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Uttaraproṣṭhapadā (Revatī from 7.38 am, computed)

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
Kumbha7.07 am8.11 am
Meena8.11 am9.30 am
Mesha9.30 am11.01 am
Vrishabha11.01 am12.54 pm
Mithuna12.54 pm3.10 pm
Kataka3.10 pm5.34 pm
Simha5.34 pm7.57 pm
Kanya7.57 pm10.19 pm
Tula10.19 pm12.43 am
Vrischika12.43 am3.04 am
Dhanu3.04 am5.07 am
Makara5.07 am6.45 am
Kumbha6.45 am7.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.07
Budhan8.02
Chandra8.58
Sani9.54
Guru10.50
Sevvai11.46
Suriya12.42
Sukran1.38
Budhan2.34
Chandra3.30
Sani4.26
Guru5.22

Night

Sevvai6.18
Suriya7.22
Sukran8.26
Budhan9.30
Chandra10.34
Sani11.38
Guru12.42
Sevvai1.46
Suriya2.50
Sukran3.54
Budhan4.58
Chandra6.01

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Saturday 6.38 am

Panchangam · பஞ்சாங்கம் · Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0