Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
27
Friday
Visvavasu
Maasi
15
Velli
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 10.33 pm, then Dwadasi
Thiruvathiraitill 10.49 am, then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 10.30–12.00
Yamagandamafternoon 3.00–4.30
Kuligaimorning 7.30–9.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 3.53 am (next day): Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 12.15–1.15evening 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, 9.32 am to 11.01 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.34 pm.

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

9.32–11.01 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.34–8.02 amClear of every caution
9.15–10.15 am; Kuligai also runs
12.07–12.53 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run
12.15–1.15 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run
4.45–5.45 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run
6.30–7.30 pm

Avoid

8.02–9.32 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 7.30–9)
11.01 am–12.31 pm (printed 10.30–12)
3.28–4.58 pm (printed 3–4.30)
10.12–11.44 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 3.53 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 3.53 am, until Monday 7.52 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.34 am
Sunset6.27 pm
Moonrise2.43 pm
Moonset3.51 am (next day)
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

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
Velli (Friday)
Ekadasi, till 10.33 pm 40–00 nazhigaiDwadasi
Thiruvathirai, till 10.49 am 10–39 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Ayushman Yogam, till 7.44 pm 32–56 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 11.33 am 12–28 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.34 pm caution 40–00 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Salem

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.57–5.45 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.02–9.32 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.01 am–12.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.07–12.53 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.28–4.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.12–11.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam6.34
Soram8.02
Uthi9.32
Visham11.01
Amirtham112.31
Rogam1.59
Labam23.29
Dhanam34.58

Night

Rogam6.27
Labam7.58
Dhanam49.29
Sugam511.00
Soram12.29
Uthi2.01
Visham3.31
Amirtham5.03

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; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Ārdrā (Punarvasu from 10.49 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
Kumbha6.34 am7.30 am
Meena7.30 am9.11 am
Mesha9.11 am11.00 am
Vrishabha11.00 am1.03 pm
Mithuna1.03 pm3.14 pm
Kataka3.14 pm5.23 pm
Simha5.23 pm7.25 pm
Kanya7.25 pm9.25 pm
Tula9.25 pm11.31 pm
Vrischika11.31 pm1.42 am
Dhanu1.42 am3.49 am
Makara3.49 am5.43 am
Kumbha5.43 am6.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.34
Budhan7.33
Chandra8.32
Sani9.32
Guru10.31
Sevvai11.31
Suriya12.30
Sukran1.30
Budhan2.29
Chandra3.29
Sani4.28
Guru5.27

Night

Sevvai6.27
Suriya7.27
Sukran8.28
Budhan9.28
Chandra10.29
Sani11.29
Guru12.30
Sevvai1.30
Suriya2.31
Sukran3.31
Budhan4.32
Chandra5.33

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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