Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Aani
22
Thingal
Theypirai
Shashtitill 10.18 am, then Saptami
Poorattathitill 12.38 pm, then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 8.08–9.27
Yamagandammorning 10.43–12.01
Kuligaiafternoon 1.18–2.36
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.53–5.10night 8.36–10.17

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, 6.52 am to 8.08 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.12 pm.

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

6.52–8.08 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.27–10.17 amShort clear window
11.41 am–12.21 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run
3.53–5.10 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

8.08–9.27 am
10.43 am–12.01 pm
12.21–1.03 pm
1.18–2.36 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.24–3.07 pm
10.20–11.58 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Wednesday 12.31 pm

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

Sunrise6.52 am
Sunset5.10 pm
Moonrise11.18 pm
Moonset10.36 am
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 6.28 am

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
Thingal (Monday)
Shashti, till 10.18 am 8–35 nazhigaiSaptami
Poorattathi, till 12.38 pm 14–26 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Saubhagya Yogam, till 12.21 pm 13–44 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 10.18 am 8–35 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.12 pm caution 38–20 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.03–5.56 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.08–9.27 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.43 am–12.01 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.41 am–12.21 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.21–1.03 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.18–2.36 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.24–3.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.20–11.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham6.52
Visham8.08
Rogam9.26
Labam110.44
Dhanam212.01
Sugam31.18
Soram2.35
Uthi43.53

Night

Sugam5.10
Soram6.52
Uthi8.36
Amirtham510.18
Visham12.00
Rogam1.43
Labam3.27
Dhanam5.09

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 2 Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 3 Kuligai, Durmuhurtham and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Indu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 12.38 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
Mithuna6.52 am7.35 am
Kataka7.35 am9.16 am
Simha9.16 am10.43 am
Kanya10.43 am12.06 pm
Tula12.06 pm1.40 pm
Vrischika1.40 pm3.35 pm
Dhanu3.35 pm5.50 pm
Makara5.50 pm8.12 pm
Kumbha8.12 pm10.30 pm
Meena10.30 pm12.48 am
Mesha12.48 am3.08 am
Vrishabha3.08 am5.28 am
Mithuna5.28 am6.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.52
Sani7.43
Guru8.35
Sevvai9.26
Suriya10.18
Sukran11.09
Budhan12.01
Chandra12.52
Sani1.44
Guru2.35
Sevvai3.27
Suriya4.18

Night

Sukran5.10
Budhan6.18
Chandra7.27
Sani8.35
Guru9.44
Sevvai10.52
Suriya12.01
Sukran1.09
Budhan2.18
Chandra3.26
Sani4.35
Guru5.43

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 12.31 pm

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