Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
4
Saturday
Parabhava
Aani
20
Sani

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 12.40 pm, then Panchami
Avittamtill 1.44 pm, then Sathayam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.00–10.30
Yamagandamafternoon 1.30–3.00
Kuligaimorning 6.00–7.30
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Nalla Neram
morning 7.45–8.45evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45night 9.30–10.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Kumbakonam. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 10.42 am to 1.52 pm 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 Kumbakonam

Computed for Kumbakonam, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

10.42 am–1.52 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.37–9.05 amClear of every caution
7.45–8.45 am, inside the clear stretch
10.45–11.45 am, inside the clear stretch
11.52 am–12.42 pm
3.29–6.39 pmClear of every caution
4.45–5.45 pm, inside the clear stretch
9.30–10.30 pm

Avoid

5.54–7.30 am, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 6–7.30)
5.54–7.37 am
9.05–10.42 am (printed 9–10.30)
1.52–3.29 pm (printed 1.30–3)
9.22–11.05 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 9.58 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

Sunrise5.54 am
Sunset6.39 pm
Moonrise10.00 pm
Moonset9.13 am
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi, from 12.49 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Kumbakonam 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 12.40 pm 16–56 nazhigaiPanchami
Avittam, till 1.44 pm 19–35 nazhigaiSathayam
Priti Yogam, till 5.02 pm 27–49 nazhigaiAyushman Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.40 pm 16–56 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 1.10 am (next day) 48–09 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.25–5.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.54–7.30 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.54–7.37 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.05–10.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.52 am–12.42 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.52–3.29 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.22–11.05 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.54
Uthi17.30
Visham9.05
Amirtham10.42
Rogam12.16
Labam21.53
Dhanam3.29
Sugam5.04

Night

Labam6.39
Dhanam38.04
Sugam49.29
Soram10.52
Uthi12.17
Visham1.41
Amirtham3.06
Soram4.30

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 1.44 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
Mithuna5.54 am6.51 am
Kataka6.51 am8.59 am
Simha8.59 am11.00 am
Kanya11.00 am1.00 pm
Tula1.00 pm3.05 pm
Vrischika3.05 pm5.16 pm
Dhanu5.16 pm7.24 pm
Makara7.24 pm9.19 pm
Kumbha9.19 pm11.02 pm
Meena11.02 pm12.44 am
Mesha12.44 am2.33 am
Vrishabha2.33 am4.36 am
Mithuna4.36 am5.54 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.54
Guru6.58
Sevvai8.02
Suriya9.06
Sukran10.09
Budhan11.13
Chandra12.17
Sani1.21
Guru2.24
Sevvai3.28
Suriya4.32
Sukran5.36

Night

Budhan6.39
Chandra7.36
Sani8.32
Guru9.28
Sevvai10.24
Suriya11.21
Sukran12.17
Budhan1.13
Chandra2.09
Sani3.06
Guru4.02
Sevvai4.58

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Monday 9.58 am

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