Shastra Panchangam
July 2027
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Friday
Plavanga
Aani
31
Velli

Valarpirai
Trayodasitill 2.05 pm, then Chaturdasi
Moolamtill 5.52 am (next day), then Pooradam
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.58–11.40
Yamagandamafternoon 3.03–4.45
Kuligaimorning 6.34–8.17
ChandrashtamamKarthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.45–6.27night 7.46–9.03

Computed for Doha, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 4.45 pm to sunset 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 Doha

Computed for Doha, 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

4.45–6.27 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
4.53–6.34 amClear of every caution
8.17–9.58 amClear of every caution
11.13 am–12.06 pm; Rahu Kalam and Tyajyam also run
11.40 am–12.03 pmShort clear window
1.51–3.03 pmClear of every caution
4.45–6.27 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.34–8.17 am, what begins now is said to repeat
9.58–11.40 am
12.03–1.51 pm
3.03–4.45 pm
4.04–5.52 am, early Saturday

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 3.35 pm

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

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise4.53 am
Sunset6.27 pm
Moonrise5.02 pm
Moonset3.25 am (next day)
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi, from 3.10 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Doha 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
Velli (Friday)
Trayodasi, till 2.05 pm 23–01 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Moolam, till 5.52 am (next day) 62–26 nazhigaiPooradam
Brahma Yogam, till 11.06 am 15–32 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 2.05 pm 23–01 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 3.10 am (next day) 55–42 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Doha

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.30–4.11 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.34–8.17 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
9.58–11.40 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.13 am–12.06 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.03–1.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.03–4.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.45 pm–12.31 amA favourable window
4.04–5.52 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam4.53
Soram6.34
Uthi8.17
Visham9.58
Amirtham111.40
Rogam1.21
Labam23.04
Dhanam4.45

Night

Rogam6.27
Labam7.46
Dhanam9.04
Sugam10.22
Soram11.40
Uthi12.59
Visham2.16
Amirtham33.36

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

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Mūla

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Mithuna4.53 am5.01 am
Kataka5.01 am7.19 am
Simha7.19 am9.33 am
Kanya9.33 am11.46 am
Tula11.46 am2.02 pm
Vrischika2.02 pm4.19 pm
Dhanu4.19 pm6.24 pm
Makara6.24 pm8.09 pm
Kumbha8.09 pm9.40 pm
Meena9.40 pm11.08 pm
Mesha11.08 pm12.46 am
Vrishabha12.46 am2.43 am
Mithuna2.43 am4.53 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran4.53
Budhan6.01
Chandra7.09
Sani8.16
Guru9.24
Sevvai10.32
Suriya11.40
Sukran12.48
Budhan1.55
Chandra3.03
Sani4.11
Guru5.19

Night

Sevvai6.27
Suriya7.19
Sukran8.11
Budhan9.03
Chandra9.56
Sani10.48
Guru11.40
Sevvai12.32
Suriya1.25
Sukran2.17
Budhan3.09
Chandra4.01

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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