Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Aani
30
Sevvai
Valarpirai
Prathamaitill 1.22 am (next day), then Dwitiyai
Punarpoosamtill 1.40 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 4.40–6.33
Yamagandammorning 9.11–11.05
Kuligaiafternoon 12.56–2.49
ChandrashtamamUntil 8.20 am: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.33–8.25night 10.19–10.40

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, 5.28 am to 8.27 am 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 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

5.28–8.27 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.05 am–12.56 pmClear of every caution
12.27–1.26 pm; Kuligai also runs
2.49–4.40 pmClear of every caution
6.33–8.25 pmClear of every caution
6.33–8.25 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

8.27–9.27 am
9.11–11.05 am
12.56–2.49 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.40–6.33 pm
8.52–10.19 pm, in the evening
12.02–12.39 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 8.20 am

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 8.20 am, until Thursday 9.23 am

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise5.28 am
Sunset8.25 pm
Moonrise5.30 am
Moonset8.58 pm
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

In Tamil Nadu, Amavasai is on this day.

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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Prathamai, till 1.22 am (next day) 49–43 nazhigaiDwitiyai
Punarpoosam, till 1.40 pm 20–30 nazhigaiPoosam
Harshana Yogam, till 9.35 pm 40–16 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Kimstughna Karanam, till 3.00 pm 23–50 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 1.22 am (next day) 49–43 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.16–4.51 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.27–9.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.11–11.05 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.33 am–12.57 pmA favourable window
12.27–1.26 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.56–2.49 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.40–6.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.52–10.19 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.02–12.39 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.28
Labam17.20
Dhanam29.12
Sugam11.05
Soram12.56
Uthi2.49
Visham4.40
Amirtham6.33

Night

Soram8.25
Uthi39.33
Visham10.40
Amirtham411.49
Rogam12.56
Labam2.05
Dhanam3.13
Sugam4.21

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Prathamā · Bhauma Vāsara · Punarvasu (Puṣya from 1.40 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
Mithuna5.28 am5.44 am
Kataka5.44 am8.17 am
Simha8.17 am10.51 am
Kanya10.51 am1.24 pm
Tula1.24 pm3.58 pm
Vrischika3.58 pm6.25 pm
Dhanu6.25 pm8.25 pm
Makara8.25 pm9.54 pm
Kumbha9.54 pm11.05 pm
Meena11.05 pm12.14 am
Mesha12.14 am1.34 am
Vrishabha1.34 am3.22 am
Mithuna3.22 am5.28 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.28
Suriya6.42
Sukran7.57
Budhan9.12
Chandra10.27
Sani11.41
Guru12.56
Sevvai2.11
Suriya3.26
Sukran4.41
Budhan5.55
Chandra7.10

Night

Sani8.25
Guru9.10
Sevvai9.55
Suriya10.41
Sukran11.26
Budhan12.11
Chandra12.57
Sani1.42
Guru2.27
Sevvai3.13
Suriya3.58
Sukran4.43

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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