Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
27
Friday
Visvavasu
Maasi
16
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Maasi 15 on this day. Here Maasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 12 February.

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 9.03 am, then Dwadasi
Punarpoosamtill 8.05 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 10.35–12.02
Yamagandamafternoon 2.53–4.19
Kuligaimorning 7.44–9.10
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.23 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.18–7.44night 7.19–8.52

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, 12.02 pm to 2.53 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.04 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

12.02–2.53 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.18–7.44 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
10.14–10.35 amShort clear window
11.39 am–12.24 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
4.19–5.45 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.44–9.10 am, what begins now is said to repeat
8.42–10.14 am
10.35 am–12.02 pm
2.53–4.19 pm
3.44–5.17 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 2.23 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 2.23 pm, until Sunday 6.22 pm

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

Sunrise6.18 am
Sunset5.45 pm
Moonrise2.00 pm
Moonset4.34 am (next day)
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Saturday 28 February: Pradosham.

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
Velli (Friday)
Ekadasi, till 9.03 am 6–53 nazhigaiDwadasi
Punarpoosam, till 8.05 pm 34–29 nazhigaiPoosam
Saubhagya Yogam, till 3.32 am (next day) 53–08 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.04 am caution 6–53 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 8.07 pm 34–33 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.38–5.27 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.44–9.10 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
8.42–10.14 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.35 am–12.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.39 am–12.24 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.53–4.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.49–7.19 pmA favourable window
3.44–5.17 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam16.18
Soram7.44
Uthi29.10
Visham10.35
Amirtham12.02
Rogam1.27
Labam32.54
Dhanam4.19

Night

Rogam5.45
Labam7.19
Dhanam8.53
Sugam10.27
Soram12.00
Uthi1.35
Visham3.09
Amirtham44.44

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Kumbha6.18 am7.03 am
Meena7.03 am8.24 am
Mesha8.24 am9.55 am
Vrishabha9.55 am11.49 am
Mithuna11.49 am2.04 pm
Kataka2.04 pm4.28 pm
Simha4.28 pm6.50 pm
Kanya6.50 pm9.11 pm
Tula9.11 pm11.34 pm
Vrischika11.34 pm1.55 am
Dhanu1.55 am3.58 am
Makara3.58 am5.37 am
Kumbha5.37 am6.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.18
Budhan7.15
Chandra8.13
Sani9.10
Guru10.07
Sevvai11.04
Suriya12.01
Sukran12.59
Budhan1.56
Chandra2.53
Sani3.50
Guru4.47

Night

Sevvai5.45
Suriya6.47
Sukran7.50
Budhan8.53
Chandra9.55
Sani10.58
Guru12.01
Sevvai1.04
Suriya2.06
Sukran3.09
Budhan4.12
Chandra5.14

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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