Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
5
Tuesday
Plavanga
Margazhi
21
Sevvai
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 6.10 pm, then Chaturdasi
Kettaitill 12.37 am (next day), then Moolam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.38–3.59
Yamagandammorning 9.18–10.39
Kuligaimorning 11.58–1.19
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.38 am (next day): Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarterThen: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.59–5.19night 6.59–8.38

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, 3.59 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Ganda Yogam runs till 10.14 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

3.59–5.19 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.39–11.58 amClear of every caution
11.38 am–12.19 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.19–2.38 pmClear of every caution
3.59–5.19 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.46–9.30 am
9.18–10.39 am
11.58 am–1.19 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.38–3.59 pm
10.38–11.32 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 12.38 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha Rasi.

Then

from 12.38 am, until Friday 1.30 pm

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

Sunrise6.38 am
Sunset5.19 pm
Moonrise5.37 am (next day)
Moonset3.06 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 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

LimbThis dayThen
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Trayodasi, till 6.10 pm 28–49 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Kettai, till 12.37 am (next day) 44–57 nazhigaiMoolam
Ganda Yogam, till 10.14 am caution 8–57 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 6.10 pm 28–49 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.52–5.45 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.46–9.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.18–10.39 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.38 am–12.19 pmWidely used for beginnings
11.58 am–1.19 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.38–3.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.47–4.33 pmA favourable window
10.38–11.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.38
Labam17.59
Dhanam29.19
Sugam10.39
Soram11.58
Uthi1.19
Visham2.38
Amirtham3.59

Night

Soram5.19
Uthi6.59
Visham8.38
Amirtham310.19
Rogam11.58
Labam1.39
Dhanam3.19
Sugam4.59

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhauma Vāsara · Jyeṣṭhā

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
Dhanu6.38 am7.21 am
Makara7.21 am9.06 am
Kumbha9.06 am10.38 am
Meena10.38 am12.07 pm
Mesha12.07 pm1.45 pm
Vrishabha1.45 pm3.43 pm
Mithuna3.43 pm5.57 pm
Kataka5.57 pm8.14 pm
Simha8.14 pm10.27 pm
Kanya10.27 pm12.40 am
Tula12.40 am2.55 am
Vrischika2.55 am5.12 am
Dhanu5.12 am6.39 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.38
Suriya7.32
Sukran8.25
Budhan9.19
Chandra10.12
Sani11.05
Guru11.59
Sevvai12.52
Suriya1.45
Sukran2.39
Budhan3.32
Chandra4.25

Night

Sani5.19
Guru6.25
Sevvai7.32
Suriya8.39
Sukran9.45
Budhan10.52
Chandra11.59
Sani1.05
Guru2.12
Sevvai3.19
Suriya4.25
Sukran5.32

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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