Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
16
Saturday
Parabhava
Thai
3
Sani

Tamil Nadu calendars show Thai 2 on this day. Here Thai began a day earlier, on Thursday 14 January.

Valarpirai
Navamitill 11.57 pm, then Dasami
Ashwinitill 11.09 am, then Bharani
Siddha Yogam

Kaanum Pongal

Rahu Kalammorning 10.04–11.22
Yamagandamafternoon 1.54–3.12
Kuligaimorning 7.32–8.49
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.22–12.38evening 5.45–7.27

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, 3.12 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

3.12–5.45 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.54–10.04 amClear of every caution
11.22 am–1.54 pmClear of every caution
11.22 am–12.38 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.18–12.58 pm

Avoid

7.11–8.47 am, from before sunrise
7.32–8.49 am, what begins now is said to repeat
7.32–8.54 am
10.04–11.22 am
1.54–3.12 pm
8.22–9.55 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.52 pm

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

Sunrise7.32 am
Sunset5.45 pm
Moonrise12.13 pm
Moonset2.27 am (next day)
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

Kaanum Pongal, visiting family.

In Tamil Nadu, Mattu Pongal is on this day.

In Tamil Nadu, Kaanum Pongal is on Sunday 17 January.

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
Sani (Saturday)
Navami, till 11.57 pm 41–04 nazhigaiDasami
Ashwini, till 11.09 am 9–03 nazhigaiBharani
Sadhya Yogam, till 11.54 pm 40–55 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.41 pm 12–53 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.57 pm 41–04 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.42–6.36 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.11–8.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.32–8.49 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.32–8.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.04–11.22 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.18–12.58 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.54–3.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.22–9.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.36–7.08 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram7.32
Uthi18.49
Visham10.04
Amirtham11.22
Rogam12.38
Labam21.55
Dhanam3.12
Sugam4.28

Night

Labam5.45
Dhanam37.28
Sugam49.12
Soram10.54
Uthi12.39
Visham2.21
Amirtham4.05
Soram5.48

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Sthira Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 11.09 am, computed)

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
Makara7.32 am9.07 am
Kumbha9.07 am10.29 am
Meena10.29 am11.49 am
Mesha11.49 am1.20 pm
Vrishabha1.20 pm3.13 pm
Mithuna3.13 pm5.28 pm
Kataka5.28 pm7.53 pm
Simha7.53 pm10.15 pm
Kanya10.15 pm12.37 am
Tula12.37 am3.01 am
Vrischika3.01 am5.23 am
Dhanu5.23 am7.25 am
Makara7.25 am7.32 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani7.32
Guru8.23
Sevvai9.14
Suriya10.05
Sukran10.56
Budhan11.47
Chandra12.38
Sani1.29
Guru2.20
Sevvai3.11
Suriya4.02
Sukran4.54

Night

Budhan5.45
Chandra6.54
Sani8.02
Guru9.11
Sevvai10.20
Suriya11.29
Sukran12.38
Budhan1.47
Chandra2.56
Sani4.05
Guru5.14
Sevvai6.23

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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