Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Aani
22
Thingal
Theypirai
Saptamitill 3.55 am (next day), then Ashtami
Poorattathitill 6.38 am, then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.07–9.02
Yamagandammorning 10.55–12.49
Kuligaiafternoon 2.42–4.37
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.14–7.07evening 8.24–9.30

Computed for Boston, in US Eastern time (EDT). 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, 5.58 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 4.12 pm.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Boston

Computed for Boston, 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

5.58–8.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.14–7.07 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.19–1.19 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

7.07–9.02 am
10.55 am–12.49 pm
1.19–2.20 pm
2.42–4.37 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.20–5.58 pm
4.21–5.22 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 6.31 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise5.14 am
Sunset8.24 pm
Moonrise11.49 pm
Moonset11.47 am
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 12.28 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Boston 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)
Saptami, till 3.55 am (next day) 56–42 nazhigaiAshtami
Poorattathi, till 6.38 am 3–30 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Saubhagya Yogam, till 6.21 am 2–48 nazhigai
Shobhana Yogam, till 5.01 am (next day) 59–26 nazhigai		Atiganda Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 4.12 pm caution 27–24 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 3.55 am (next day) 56–42 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Boston

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.04–4.38 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.07–9.02 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.55 am–12.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.19–1.19 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.19–2.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.42–4.37 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.20–5.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.21–5.22 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.04–3.40 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.14
Visham7.07
Rogam9.01
Labam210.56
Dhanam312.49
Sugam42.43
Soram4.36
Uthi6.31

Night

Sugam8.24
Soram9.30
Uthi10.37
Amirtham11.43
Visham12.49
Rogam1.55
Labam3.02
Dhanam4.09

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 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Kuligai, Tyajyam, Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Saptamī · Indu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 6.38 am, 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
Mithuna5.14 am6.08 am
Kataka6.08 am8.42 am
Simha8.42 am11.16 am
Kanya11.16 am1.50 pm
Tula1.50 pm4.25 pm
Vrischika4.25 pm6.52 pm
Dhanu6.52 pm8.52 pm
Makara8.52 pm10.20 pm
Kumbha10.20 pm11.31 pm
Meena11.31 pm12.39 am
Mesha12.39 am1.58 am
Vrishabha1.58 am3.45 am
Mithuna3.45 am5.15 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.14
Sani6.30
Guru7.46
Sevvai9.01
Suriya10.17
Sukran11.33
Budhan12.49
Chandra2.05
Sani3.21
Guru4.36
Sevvai5.52
Suriya7.08

Night

Sukran8.24
Budhan9.08
Chandra9.52
Sani10.37
Guru11.21
Sevvai12.05
Suriya12.49
Sukran1.33
Budhan2.18
Chandra3.02
Sani3.46
Guru4.30

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Wednesday 6.31 am

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