Shastra Panchangam
February 2026
16
Monday
Visvavasu
Maasi
5, Amavasai
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Maasi 4 on this day. Here Maasi began a day earlier, on Thursday 12 February.

Theypirai
Amavasaitill 4.01 am (next day), then Prathamai
Thiruvonamtill 7.18 am, then Avittam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Amavasai

Rahu Kalammorning 8.19–9.41
Yamagandammorning 11.02–12.24
Kuligaiafternoon 1.45–3.08
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.36 pm: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.58–8.19evening 5.50–7.28

Computed for San Francisco, 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, 6.58 am to 8.19 am is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 10.59 am Tuesday.

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

No kolam on this sheet: it is Amavasai.
Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for San Francisco

Computed for San Francisco, 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

6.58–8.19 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.58–8.19 am, inside the clear stretch
9.41–11.02 amClear of every caution
12.03–12.45 pm; Yamagandam, Tyajyam and Parigha Yogam also run

Avoid

8.19–9.41 am
11.02 am–12.24 pm
11.22 am–1.01 pm
12.45–1.30 pm
1.45–3.08 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.56–3.40 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 7.36 pm

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

For those born in Mithuna Rasi.

Then

from 7.36 pm, until Thursday 1.31 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

Sunrise6.58 am
Sunset5.50 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Tuesday
Moonset5.11 pm
SunKumbha Rasi
MoonMakara Rasi

This day and the next

Amavasai, the new moon; tarpanam for ancestors in many families.

In Tamil Nadu, Amavasai is on Tuesday 17 February.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Francisco 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
Thingal (Monday)
Amavasai, till 4.01 am (next day) 52–41 nazhigaiPrathamai
Thiruvonam, till 7.18 am 0–51 nazhigaiAvittam
Variyan Yogam, till 12.20 pm 13–27 nazhigaiParigha Yogam
Chatushpada Karanam, till 4.07 pm 22–54 nazhigai
Naga Karanam, till 4.01 am (next day) 52–41 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Francisco

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.13–6.05 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.19–9.41 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.02 am–12.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.22 am–1.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.03–12.45 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.45–1.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.45–3.08 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.56–3.40 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.11–10.47 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.58
Visham8.19
Rogam9.40
Labam111.03
Dhanam212.24
Sugam31.46
Soram3.07
Uthi44.29

Night

Sugam5.50
Soram7.28
Uthi9.07
Amirtham10.46
Visham12.23
Rogam2.01
Labam3.40
Dhanam5.19

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

For sankalpam

Viśvāvasu · Uttarāyaṇa · Śiśira Ṛtu · Kumbha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Indu Vāsara · Śravaṇa (Dhaniṣṭhā from 7.18 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
Kumbha6.58 am8.09 am
Meena8.09 am9.23 am
Mesha9.23 am10.49 am
Vrishabha10.49 am12.39 pm
Mithuna12.39 pm2.56 pm
Kataka2.56 pm5.25 pm
Simha5.25 pm7.53 pm
Kanya7.53 pm10.20 pm
Tula10.20 pm12.49 am
Vrischika12.49 am3.13 am
Dhanu3.13 am5.14 am
Makara5.14 am6.48 am
Kumbha6.48 am6.56 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.58
Sani7.52
Guru8.46
Sevvai9.41
Suriya10.35
Sukran11.30
Budhan12.24
Chandra1.18
Sani2.13
Guru3.07
Sevvai4.01
Suriya4.56

Night

Sukran5.50
Budhan6.56
Chandra8.01
Sani9.07
Guru10.12
Sevvai11.18
Suriya12.23
Sukran1.29
Budhan2.34
Chandra3.40
Sani4.45
Guru5.51

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force from 7.35 pm, until Monday 1.31 am

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