Shastra Panchangam
January 2027
8
Friday
Plavanga
Margazhi
23
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Margazhi 24 on this day. Here Margazhi began a day later, on Thursday 17 December.


Theypirai
Amavasaitill 8.24 am, then Prathamai
Pooradamtill 3.43 pm, then Uthiradam
Rahu Kalammorning 10.33–12.13
Yamagandamafternoon 3.30–5.09
Kuligaimorning 7.16–8.55
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.30 pm: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.09–6.48night 8.09–9.30

Computed for Suva, in Fiji time. 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Vyaghata Yogam runs all day, till 9.53 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

This is Margazhi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Suva

Computed for Suva, 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

11.47 am–12.38 pm; Rahu Kalam and Vyaghata Yogam also run
5.09–6.48 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.16–8.55 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.33 am–12.13 pm
3.30–5.09 pm
12.44–2.33 am, early Saturday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 10.30 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 10.30 pm, until Monday 11.06 am

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

For those born in Mithuna 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

Sunrise5.38 am
Sunset6.48 pm
MoonriseAfter sunrise on Saturday
Moonset7.04 pm
SunDhanu Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Amavasai runs till 8.24 am; the Amavasai day here is on Thursday 7 January.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Suva 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)
Amavasai, till 8.24 am 6–57 nazhigaiPrathamai
Pooradam, till 3.43 pm 25–13 nazhigaiUthiradam
Vyaghata Yogam, till 9.53 pm caution 40–35 nazhigaiHarshana Yogam
Naga Karanam, till 8.24 am 6–57 nazhigai
Kimstughna Karanam, till 9.45 pm 40–17 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Suva

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.11–4.54 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.16–8.55 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.19 am–12.06 pmA favourable window
10.33 am–12.13 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.47 am–12.38 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.30–5.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.44–2.33 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.38
Soram7.16
Uthi28.55
Visham10.33
Amirtham312.13
Rogam1.51
Labam43.31
Dhanam55.09

Night

Rogam6.48
Labam8.09
Dhanam9.31
Sugam10.52
Soram12.12
Uthi61.35
Visham2.55
Amirtham4.17

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Vyaghata Yogam; 2 Vyaghata Yogam; 3 Vyaghata Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Vyaghata Yogam; 5 Vyaghata Yogam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Hemanta Ṛtu · Dhanus Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā (Uttarāṣāḍhā from 3.43 pm, computed)

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2084
5129
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Dhanu5.38 am6.13 am
Makara6.13 am8.26 am
Kumbha8.26 am10.33 am
Meena10.33 am12.39 pm
Mesha12.39 pm2.50 pm
Vrishabha2.50 pm5.03 pm
Mithuna5.03 pm7.10 pm
Kataka7.10 pm9.00 pm
Simha9.00 pm10.37 pm
Kanya10.37 pm12.12 am
Tula12.12 am1.56 am
Vrischika1.56 am3.57 am
Dhanu3.57 am5.38 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.38
Budhan6.43
Chandra7.49
Sani8.55
Guru10.01
Sevvai11.07
Suriya12.13
Sukran1.18
Budhan2.24
Chandra3.30
Sani4.36
Guru5.42

Night

Sevvai6.48
Suriya7.42
Sukran8.36
Budhan9.30
Chandra10.24
Sani11.19
Guru12.13
Sevvai1.07
Suriya2.01
Sukran2.55
Budhan3.50
Chandra4.44

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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