January 2027

Saturday

Plavanga

Margazhi

Sani

Theypirai

Dasamitill 11.55 am, then Ekadasi

Swathitill 4.50 pm, then Visakam

Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalammorning 9.17–10.38

Yamagandamafternoon 1.17–2.37

Kuligaimorning 6.38–7.58

ChandrashtamamPoorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi

SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd

Gowri Nalla Neram

afternoon 3.57–5.17night 6.57–8.37

Computed for Riyadh, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 2.37 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.55 am.

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 Riyadh

Computed for Riyadh, 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

2.37–5.17 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

11.36 am–12.18 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

11.55 am–1.17 pmClear of every caution

3.57–5.17 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.38–7.58 am, what begins now is said to repeat

6.38–8.03 am

9.17–10.38 am

1.17–2.37 pm

10.57 pm–12.44 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 12.31 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise6.38 am

Sunset5.17 pm

Moonrise2.54 am (next day)

Moonset12.55 pm

SunDhanu Rasi

MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Sunday 3 January: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Riyadh 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Sani (Saturday)
	Dasami, till 11.55 am 13–12 nazhigai	Ekadasi
	Swathi, till 4.50 pm 25–30 nazhigai	Visakam
	Sukarma Yogam, till 8.59 am 5–53 nazhigai	Dhriti Yogam
	Bhadra Karanam, till 11.55 am caution 13–12 nazhigai Bava Karanam, till 12.43 am (next day) 45–14 nazhigai
	Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.51–5.44 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	6.38–7.58 am	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	6.38–8.03 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	7.22–9.04 am	A favourable window
	9.17–10.38 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.36 am–12.18 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	1.17–2.37 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	10.57 pm–12.44 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.38

Uthi¹7.58

Visham9.17

Amirtham²10.38

Rogam11.57

Labam³1.18

Dhanam2.37

Sugam3.57

Night

Labam5.17

Dhanam6.57

Sugam8.37

Soram10.17

Uthi⁴11.58

Visham1.37

Amirtham3.18

Soram4.57

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Daśamī · Sthira Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 4.50 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

5129

1202

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

Lagnam

Rising sign	From	To
Dhanu	6.38 am	7.33 am
Makara	7.33 am	9.18 am
Kumbha	9.18 am	10.49 am
Meena	10.49 am	12.18 pm
Mesha	12.18 pm	1.57 pm
Vrishabha	1.57 pm	3.55 pm
Mithuna	3.55 pm	6.08 pm
Kataka	6.08 pm	8.26 pm
Simha	8.26 pm	10.39 pm
Kanya	10.39 pm	12.51 am
Tula	12.51 am	3.07 am
Vrischika	3.07 am	5.24 am
Dhanu	5.24 am	6.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.38

Guru7.31

Sevvai8.24

Suriya9.17

Sukran10.11

Budhan11.04

Chandra11.57

Sani12.50

Guru1.44

Sevvai2.37

Suriya3.30

Sukran4.23

Night

Budhan5.17

Chandra6.23

Sani7.30

Guru8.37

Sevvai9.44

Suriya10.51

Sukran11.57

Budhan1.04

Chandra2.11

Sani3.18

Guru4.24

Sevvai5.31

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd