Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
4
Saturday
Parabhava
Aani
20
Sani
Theypirai
Chaturthitill 9.10 am, then Panchami
Avittamtill 10.14 am, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.26–10.44
Yamagandamafternoon 1.17–2.35
Kuligaimorning 6.52–8.09
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.52–5.09night 7.35–8.34

Computed for Durban, in South Africa time (SAST). 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, 2.35 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 Durban

Computed for Durban, 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

2.35–5.09 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.15–9.26 amClear of every caution
10.44 am–1.17 pmClear of every caution
11.40 am–12.20 pm
3.52–5.09 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.52–8.09 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.52–8.15 am
9.26–10.44 am
1.17–2.35 pm
5.52–7.35 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 6.28 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka 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

Sunrise6.52 am
Sunset5.09 pm
Moonrise9.22 pm
Moonset9.39 am
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Durban 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
Sani (Saturday)
Chaturthi, till 9.10 am 5–47 nazhigaiPanchami
Avittam, till 10.14 am 8–26 nazhigaiSathayam
Priti Yogam, till 1.32 pm 16–40 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 9.10 am 5–47 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 9.40 pm 37–00 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.03–5.56 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.52–8.09 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.52–8.15 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.26–10.44 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.40 am–12.20 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.17–2.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.52–7.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.05–5.46 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.52
Uthi18.09
Visham9.26
Amirtham10.44
Rogam12.00
Labam21.18
Dhanam2.35
Sugam3.52

Night

Labam35.09
Dhanam46.52
Sugam8.35
Soram10.17
Uthi12.01
Visham1.43
Amirtham3.27
Soram5.08

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Sthira Vāsara · Dhaniṣṭhā (Śatabhiṣaj from 10.14 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
Mithuna6.52 am7.43 am
Kataka7.43 am9.24 am
Simha9.24 am10.50 am
Kanya10.50 am12.14 pm
Tula12.14 pm1.48 pm
Vrischika1.48 pm3.43 pm
Dhanu3.43 pm5.58 pm
Makara5.58 pm8.19 pm
Kumbha8.19 pm10.38 pm
Meena10.38 pm12.56 am
Mesha12.56 am3.16 am
Vrishabha3.16 am5.35 am
Mithuna5.35 am6.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.52
Guru7.43
Sevvai8.35
Suriya9.26
Sukran10.18
Budhan11.09
Chandra12.00
Sani12.52
Guru1.43
Sevvai2.35
Suriya3.26
Sukran4.17

Night

Budhan5.09
Chandra6.17
Sani7.26
Guru8.35
Sevvai9.43
Suriya10.52
Sukran12.00
Budhan1.09
Chandra2.18
Sani3.26
Guru4.35
Sevvai5.43

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Monday 6.28 am

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