Shastra Panchangam
June 2026
25
Thursday
Parabhava
Aani
11
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 9.40 am, then Dwadasi
Swathitill 5.59 am, then Visakam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.47–4.42
Yamagandammorning 5.16–7.11
Kuligaimorning 9.04–10.59
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.04 am (next day): Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.36–8.30night 11.48–12.53 (after midnight)

Computed for Chicago, 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, 4.42 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.40 am.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Chicago

Computed for Chicago, 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

4.42–8.30 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.59 am–12.14 pmClear of every caution
12.23–1.23 pm; Tyajyam also runs
2.02–2.47 pmShort clear window
6.36–8.30 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.16–7.11 am
9.04–10.59 am, what begins now is said to repeat
12.14–2.02 pm
2.47–4.42 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Friday 2.04 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 2.04 am, until Sunday 2.40 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

Sunrise5.16 am
Sunset8.30 pm
Moonrise5.11 pm
Moonset2.17 am (next day)
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Friday 26 June: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Chicago 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)
Ekadasi, till 9.40 am 10–59 nazhigaiDwadasi
Swathi, till 5.59 am 1–48 nazhigaiVisakam
Siddha Yogam, till 1.09 am (next day) 49–41 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.40 am caution 10–59 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 10.45 pm 43–41 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.07–4.41 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.16–7.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.04–10.59 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.14–2.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.23–1.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.47–4.42 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.57 pm–12.44 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.16
Sugam27.11
Soram9.04
Uthi310.59
Amirtham412.54
Visham2.47
Rogam4.41
Labam6.36

Night

Amirtham8.30
Visham9.35
Rogam10.41
Labam11.48
Dhanam12.54
Sugam2.00
Soram3.05
Uthi4.11

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Guru Vāsara · Svātī (Viśākhā from 5.59 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
Mithuna5.16 am6.59 am
Kataka6.59 am9.32 am
Simha9.32 am12.06 pm
Kanya12.06 pm2.39 pm
Tula2.39 pm5.13 pm
Vrischika5.13 pm7.40 pm
Dhanu7.40 pm9.40 pm
Makara9.40 pm11.09 pm
Kumbha11.09 pm12.20 am
Meena12.20 am1.29 am
Mesha1.29 am2.49 am
Vrishabha2.49 am4.36 am
Mithuna4.36 am5.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.16
Sevvai6.33
Suriya7.49
Sukran9.05
Budhan10.21
Chandra11.37
Sani12.53
Guru2.09
Sevvai3.25
Suriya4.42
Sukran5.58
Budhan7.14

Night

Chandra8.30
Sani9.14
Guru9.58
Sevvai10.42
Suriya11.26
Sukran12.09
Budhan12.53
Chandra1.37
Sani2.21
Guru3.05
Sevvai3.49
Suriya4.33

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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