Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
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Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
3
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Shashtitill 12.00 am (next day), then Saptami
Uthiramtill 2.42 pm, then Hastham
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.57–5.17
Yamagandamafternoon 12.02–1.21
Kuligaiafternoon 2.39–3.58
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.48–8.06evening 5.17–6.57

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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 3.54 pm. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

This is Aadi, when many families do not hold weddings or griha pravesam. 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

6.48–8.06 am; Parigha Yogam also runs
11.42 am–12.23 pm; Yamagandam and Parigha Yogam also run

Avoid

12.02–1.21 pm
2.39–3.58 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.52–4.35 pm
3.57–5.17 pm
11.26 pm–1.07 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 4.25 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise6.48 am
Sunset5.16 pm
Moonrise10.06 am
Moonset10.42 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKanya 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Shashti, till 12.00 am (next day) 43–01 nazhigaiSaptami
Uthiram, till 2.42 pm 19–45 nazhigaiHastham
Parigha Yogam, till 3.54 pm caution 22–42 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.01 pm 13–02 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.00 am (next day) 43–01 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Durban

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.00–5.54 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.27–9.03 amA favourable window
11.42 am–12.23 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.02–1.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.39–3.58 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.52–4.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.57–5.17 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.26 pm–1.07 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.48
Amirtham28.07
Rogam9.25
Labam310.44
Dhanam412.03
Sugam51.21
Soram2.39
Visham3.57

Night

Dhanam65.16
Sugam6.58
Soram8.39
Visham10.20
Uthi712.03
Amirtham1.44
Rogam3.25
Labam5.07

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Parigha Yogam; 2 Parigha Yogam; 3 Parigha Yogam; 4 Yamagandam and Parigha Yogam; 5 Parigha Yogam; 6 Rahu Kalam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhānu Vāsara · Uttaraphalgunī (Hasta from 2.42 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
Kataka6.48 am8.25 am
Simha8.25 am9.51 am
Kanya9.51 am11.15 am
Tula11.15 am12.49 pm
Vrischika12.49 pm2.44 pm
Dhanu2.44 pm4.59 pm
Makara4.59 pm7.20 pm
Kumbha7.20 pm9.39 pm
Meena9.39 pm11.57 pm
Mesha11.57 pm2.17 am
Vrishabha2.17 am4.36 am
Mithuna4.36 am6.40 am
Kataka6.40 am6.48 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.48
Sukran7.41
Budhan8.33
Chandra9.25
Sani10.18
Guru11.10
Sevvai12.02
Suriya12.55
Sukran1.47
Budhan2.39
Chandra3.32
Sani4.24

Night

Guru5.16
Sevvai6.24
Suriya7.32
Sukran8.39
Budhan9.47
Chandra10.55
Sani12.02
Guru1.10
Sevvai2.17
Suriya3.25
Sukran4.33
Budhan5.40

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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