Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
25
Wednesday
Visvavasu
Maasi
14
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Maasi 13 on this day. Here Maasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 12 February.

Valarpirai
Navamitill 1.11 pm, then Dasami
Mirugaseeridamtill 10.42 pm, then Thiruvathirai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.01–1.28
Yamagandammorning 7.45–9.12
Kuligaimorning 10.36–12.02
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.25 am: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.12–10.36evening 5.43–7.17

Computed for San Diego, in US Pacific time (PST). 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, 1.28 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Vishkambha Yogam runs till 11.59 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for San Diego

Computed for San Diego, 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

1.28–5.43 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.12–10.36 am; Vishkambha Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.24–6.55 am, from before sunrise
7.45–9.12 am
10.36 am–12.02 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
11.39 am–12.25 pm
12.01–1.28 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 11.25 am

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula Rasi.

Then

from 11.25 am, until Friday 2.23 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise6.21 am
Sunset5.43 pm
Moonrise11.45 am
Moonset2.54 am (next day)
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonVrishabha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Diego 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Navami, till 1.11 pm 17–08 nazhigaiDasami
Mirugaseeridam, till 10.42 pm 40–54 nazhigaiThiruvathirai
Vishkambha Yogam, till 11.59 am caution 14–06 nazhigaiPriti Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.11 pm 17–08 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.07 am (next day) 44–28 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.40–5.30 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.24–6.55 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.45–9.12 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.36 am–12.02 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.39 am–12.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.01–1.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.26–3.55 pmA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.21
Dhanam27.46
Sugam39.12
Soram10.36
Visham12.01
Uthi1.28
Amirtham2.53
Rogam4.17

Night

Uthi5.43
Amirtham7.18
Rogam8.52
Labam10.27
Dhanam12.02
Sugam1.36
Soram3.10
Visham4.44

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Saumya Vāsara · Mṛgaśīrṣa

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
Kumbha6.21 am7.11 am
Meena7.11 am8.32 am
Mesha8.32 am10.03 am
Vrishabha10.03 am11.56 am
Mithuna11.56 am2.12 pm
Kataka2.12 pm4.36 pm
Simha4.36 pm6.58 pm
Kanya6.58 pm9.18 pm
Tula9.18 pm11.42 pm
Vrischika11.42 pm2.03 am
Dhanu2.03 am4.06 am
Makara4.06 am5.44 am
Kumbha5.44 am6.19 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.21
Chandra7.17
Sani8.14
Guru9.11
Sevvai10.08
Suriya11.05
Sukran12.02
Budhan12.59
Chandra1.56
Sani2.52
Guru3.49
Sevvai4.46

Night

Suriya5.43
Sukran6.46
Budhan7.49
Chandra8.52
Sani9.55
Guru10.58
Sevvai12.01
Suriya1.04
Sukran2.07
Budhan3.10
Chandra4.13
Sani5.16

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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