Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
23
Thursday
Parabhava
Aadi
7
Viyazhan

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 10.43 pm, then Ekadasi
Visakamtill 3.13 pm, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.20–5.04
Yamagandammorning 6.44–8.28
Kuligaimorning 10.10–11.54
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.32 am: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 8.28–10.10night 12.21–1.37 (after midnight)

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, 11.54 am to 3.20 pm is the best of the day.

This is Aadi, 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 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

11.54 am–3.20 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.28–10.10 amClear of every caution
8.28–10.10 am, inside the clear stretch
1.10–2.04 pm
5.04–7.41 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

6.44–8.28 am
10.10–11.54 am, what begins now is said to repeat
3.20–5.04 pm
7.41–9.30 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 8.32 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 8.32 am, until Saturday 9.05 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise6.44 am
Sunset8.31 pm
Moonrise4.10 pm
Moonset2.12 am (next day)
SunKataka Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Friday 24 July: Ekadasi.

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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Dasami, till 10.43 pm 39–57 nazhigaiEkadasi
Visakam, till 3.13 pm 21–12 nazhigaiAnusham
Shubha Yogam, till 8.50 am 5–15 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 9.36 am 7–11 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 10.43 pm 39–57 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Austin

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.23–6.03 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.27–7.13 am
6.28–8.15 am
A favourable window
6.44–8.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.10–11.54 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
1.10–2.04 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.20–5.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.41–9.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam16.44
Sugam8.28
Soram10.10
Uthi11.54
Amirtham1.38
Visham3.20
Rogam5.04
Labam26.48

Night

Amirtham38.31
Visham9.47
Rogam11.04
Labam12.21
Dhanam1.38
Sugam2.55
Soram4.11
Uthi5.28

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 · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Guru Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 3.13 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
Kataka6.44 am8.40 am
Simha8.40 am10.59 am
Kanya10.59 am1.17 pm
Tula1.17 pm3.38 pm
Vrischika3.38 pm5.57 pm
Dhanu5.57 pm8.01 pm
Makara8.01 pm9.42 pm
Kumbha9.42 pm11.08 pm
Meena11.08 pm12.31 am
Mesha12.31 am2.04 am
Vrishabha2.04 am3.59 am
Mithuna3.59 am6.14 am
Kataka6.14 am6.45 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru6.44
Sevvai7.53
Suriya9.02
Sukran10.11
Budhan11.20
Chandra12.28
Sani1.37
Guru2.46
Sevvai3.55
Suriya5.04
Sukran6.13
Budhan7.22

Night

Chandra8.31
Sani9.22
Guru10.13
Sevvai11.04
Suriya11.55
Sukran12.46
Budhan1.38
Chandra2.29
Sani3.20
Guru4.11
Sevvai5.02
Suriya5.53

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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