Shastra Panchangam
January 2026
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Tuesday
Visvavasu
Thai
6
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 2.43 am (next day), then Tritiyai
Thiruvonamtill 1.07 pm, then Avittam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.00–4.30
Yamagandammorning 9.00–10.30
Kuligaiafternoon 12.00–1.30
ChandrashtamamUntil 1.36 am (next day): Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Nalla Neram
morning 7.45–8.45evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Salem. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 6.42 am to 9.00 am is the best of the day, with the Nalla Neram of 7.45–8.45 am inside it.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Salem

Computed for Salem, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

6.42–9.00 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.45–8.45 am, inside the clear stretch
10.45–11.45 am; Yamagandam also runs
11.02 am–12.28 pmClear of every caution
12.06–12.51 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.56–3.21 pmClear of every caution
4.45–5.45 pm; Rahu Kalam and Tyajyam also run
4.49–5.15 pmShort clear window
6.30–7.30 pm; Tyajyam also runs

Avoid

9.00–9.47 am
9.35–11.02 am (printed 9–10.30)
12.28–1.56 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 12–1.30)
3.21–4.49 pm (printed 3–4.30)
5.15–6.56 pm
11.13 pm–12.04 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 1.36 am

Thiruvathirai · Mirugaseeridam, third to fourth quarters · Punarpoosam, first to third quarters

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 1.36 am, until Friday 8.34 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.42 am
Sunset6.15 pm
Moonrise7.51 am
Moonset7.36 pm
SunMakara Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Salem 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)
Dwitiyai, till 2.43 am (next day) 50–03 nazhigaiTritiyai
Thiruvonam, till 1.07 pm 16–03 nazhigaiAvittam
Siddhi Yogam, till 8.01 pm 33–18 nazhigaiVyatipata Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 2.32 pm 19–35 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 2.43 am (next day) 50–03 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Salem

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.03–5.52 amPrayer, meditation, study
9.00–9.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.35–11.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.06–12.51 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.28–1.56 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.21–4.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.15–6.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.13 pm–12.04 amAvoided for new beginnings
3.13–4.51 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.42
Labam18.09
Dhanam29.36
Sugam11.02
Soram12.28
Uthi1.56
Visham3.21
Amirtham34.49

Night

Soram6.15
Uthi7.49
Visham9.21
Amirtham410.56
Rogam12.28
Labam2.02
Dhanam3.36
Sugam5.09

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Hemanta Ṛtu · Makara Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhauma Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 1.07 pm, 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
Makara6.42 am8.17 am
Kumbha8.17 am10.00 am
Meena10.00 am11.41 am
Mesha11.41 am1.30 pm
Vrishabha1.30 pm3.33 pm
Mithuna3.33 pm5.44 pm
Kataka5.44 pm7.52 pm
Simha7.52 pm9.54 pm
Kanya9.54 pm11.54 pm
Tula11.54 pm2.00 am
Vrischika2.00 am4.11 am
Dhanu4.11 am6.19 am
Makara6.19 am6.42 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.42
Suriya7.40
Sukran8.37
Budhan9.35
Chandra10.33
Sani11.31
Guru12.28
Sevvai1.26
Suriya2.24
Sukran3.22
Budhan4.19
Chandra5.17

Night

Sani6.15
Guru7.17
Sevvai8.19
Suriya9.22
Sukran10.24
Budhan11.26
Chandra12.28
Sani1.31
Guru2.33
Sevvai3.35
Suriya4.37
Sukran5.40

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force from 1.35 am, until Wednesday 8.34 am

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