Shastra Panchangam
June 2026
3
Wednesday
Parabhava
Vaikasi
20
Budhan
Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 10.52 am, then Chaturthi
Pooradamtill 2.30 pm, then Uthiradam
Amirtha Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.29–3.15
Yamagandammorning 8.14–10.00
Kuligaimorning 11.44–1.30
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.12 pm: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Mirugaseeridam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvathirai, Punarpoosam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.29–8.14evening 8.29–9.44

Computed for Austin, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 3.15 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.52 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Austin

Computed for Austin, 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

3.15–8.29 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.29–8.14 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
10.52–11.44 amShort clear window

Avoid

8.14–10.00 am
11.44 am–1.30 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
1.01–1.58 pm
1.29–3.15 pm
11.23 pm–1.11 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 9.12 pm

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

For those born in Vrishabha Rasi.

Then

from 9.12 pm, until Saturday 8.34 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

Sunrise6.29 am
Sunset8.29 pm
Moonrise11.38 pm
Moonset8.53 am
SunVrishabha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Austin 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)
Tritiyai, till 10.52 am 10–57 nazhigaiChaturthi
Pooradam, till 2.30 pm 20–02 nazhigaiUthiradam
Shukla Yogam, till 10.33 pm 40–10 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.52 am caution 10–57 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 11.58 pm 43–43 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Austin

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.10–5.49 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.14–10.00 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.08–10.54 amA favourable window
11.44 am–1.30 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.01–1.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.29–3.15 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.23 pm–1.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.29
Dhanam28.15
Sugam310.00
Soram11.44
Visham1.29
Uthi3.15
Amirtham5.00
Rogam6.44

Night

Uthi8.29
Amirtham9.45
Rogam10.59
Labam412.15
Dhanam1.30
Sugam2.45
Soram3.59
Visham5.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Vasanta Ṛtu · Vṛṣabha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Saumya Vāsara · Pūrvāṣāḍhā (Uttarāṣāḍhā from 2.30 pm, computed)

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
Vrishabha6.29 am7.20 am
Mithuna7.20 am9.35 am
Kataka9.35 am11.56 am
Simha11.56 am2.15 pm
Kanya2.15 pm4.33 pm
Tula4.33 pm6.55 pm
Vrischika6.55 pm9.14 pm
Dhanu9.14 pm11.17 pm
Makara11.17 pm12.58 am
Kumbha12.58 am2.24 am
Meena2.24 am3.47 am
Mesha3.47 am5.21 am
Vrishabha5.21 am6.29 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.29
Chandra7.39
Sani8.49
Guru9.59
Sevvai11.09
Suriya12.19
Sukran1.29
Budhan2.39
Chandra3.49
Sani4.59
Guru6.09
Sevvai7.19

Night

Suriya8.29
Sukran9.19
Budhan10.09
Chandra10.59
Sani11.49
Guru12.39
Sevvai1.29
Suriya2.19
Sukran3.09
Budhan3.59
Chandra4.49
Sani5.39

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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