Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
9
Thursday
Parabhava
Aani
24
Viyazhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aani 25 on this day. Here Aani began a day later, on Tuesday 16 June.

Theypirai
Navamitill 5.08 pm, then Dasami
Ashwinitill 9.26 pm, then Bharani
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.39–2.53
Yamagandammorning 7.33–8.47
Kuligaimorning 9.59–11.13
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.13–12.26night 10.40–12.26 (after midnight)

Computed for Auckland, in New Zealand time (NZST). 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, 11.13 am to 1.39 pm is the best of the day.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Auckland

Computed for Auckland, 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

11.13 am–1.39 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.47–9.59 amClear of every caution
11.13 am–12.26 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.07–12.45 pm
2.53–5.19 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

7.33–8.47 am
9.59–11.13 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.39–2.53 pm
5.37–7.09 pm, in the evening
6.22–7.52 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 1.16 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise7.33 am
Sunset5.19 pm
Moonrise2.45 am (next day)
Moonset12.10 pm
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Auckland 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Navami, till 5.08 pm 23–58 nazhigaiDasami
Ashwini, till 9.26 pm 34–44 nazhigaiBharani
Sukarma Yogam, till 4.42 pm 22–52 nazhigaiDhriti Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 5.08 pm 23–58 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 4.02 am (next day) 51–13 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Auckland

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.40–6.36 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.33–8.47 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.59–11.13 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.07–12.45 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.39–2.53 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.34–4.05 pmA favourable window
5.37–7.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.22–7.52 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.33
Sugam8.47
Soram9.59
Uthi11.13
Amirtham12.27
Visham1.39
Rogam2.52
Labam4.07

Night

Amirtham25.19
Visham7.06
Rogam8.52
Labam10.40
Dhanam12.27
Sugam2.13
Soram3.59
Uthi35.47

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Navamī · Guru Vāsara · Aśvinī

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

1948
2083
2082
5128
1201

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

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mithuna7.33 am8.06 am
Kataka8.06 am9.41 am
Simha9.41 am10.59 am
Kanya10.59 am12.14 pm
Tula12.14 pm1.41 pm
Vrischika1.41 pm3.32 pm
Dhanu3.32 pm5.49 pm
Makara5.49 pm8.17 pm
Kumbha8.17 pm10.43 pm
Meena10.43 pm1.09 am
Mesha1.09 am3.37 am
Vrishabha3.37 am6.00 am
Mithuna6.00 am7.33 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.33
Sevvai8.22
Suriya9.11
Sukran10.00
Budhan10.49
Chandra11.37
Sani12.26
Guru1.15
Sevvai2.04
Suriya2.53
Sukran3.42
Budhan4.30

Night

Chandra5.19
Sani6.30
Guru7.42
Sevvai8.53
Suriya10.04
Sukran11.15
Budhan12.26
Chandra1.37
Sani2.48
Guru3.59
Sevvai5.11
Suriya6.22

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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