Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Aani
22
Thingal
Theypirai
Shashtitill 1.48 pm, then Saptami
Poorattathitill 4.08 pm, then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.30–9.00
Yamagandammorning 10.30–12.00
Kuligaiafternoon 1.30–3.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.58 am: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Nalla Neram
morning 6.15–7.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 7.30–8.30

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, 5.55 am to 7.30 am is the best of the day, with the Nalla Neram of 6.15–7.15 am inside it.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 1.42 am Tuesday.

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

5.55–7.30 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.15–7.15 am, inside the clear stretch
9.06–10.41 amClear of every caution
9.15–10.15 am, inside the clear stretch
11.52 am–12.42 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.18–12.42 pmShort clear window
1.34–1.47 pmShort clear window
4.45–5.45 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs
7.30–8.30 pm

Avoid

7.30–9.06 am (printed 7.30–9)
10.41 am–12.18 pm (printed 10.30–12)
12.42–1.34 pm
1.52–3.29 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 1.30–3)
3.15–4.07 pm
1.50–3.28 am, early Tuesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 9.58 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 9.58 am, until Wednesday 4.01 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

Sunrise5.55 am
Sunset6.40 pm
Moonrise11.16 pm
Moonset10.49 am
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

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
Thingal (Monday)
Shashti, till 1.48 pm 19–42 nazhigaiSaptami
Poorattathi, till 4.08 pm 25–33 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Saubhagya Yogam, till 3.51 pm 24–51 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 1.48 pm 19–42 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 1.42 am (next day) caution 49–27 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Kumbakonam

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.25–5.09 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.30–9.06 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.50–9.29 amA favourable window
10.41 am–12.18 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.52 am–12.42 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.42–1.34 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.52–3.29 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.15–4.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.50–3.28 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham5.55
Visham7.30
Rogam9.05
Labam110.42
Dhanam212.18
Sugam31.53
Soram3.28
Uthi45.05

Night

Sugam6.40
Soram8.04
Uthi9.29
Amirtham10.53
Visham12.17
Rogam1.41
Labam53.07
Dhanam4.31

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 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 4.08 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
Mithuna5.55 am6.43 am
Kataka6.43 am8.51 am
Simha8.51 am10.53 am
Kanya10.53 am12.52 pm
Tula12.52 pm2.58 pm
Vrischika2.58 pm5.09 pm
Dhanu5.09 pm7.16 pm
Makara7.16 pm9.11 pm
Kumbha9.11 pm10.54 pm
Meena10.54 pm12.36 am
Mesha12.36 am2.25 am
Vrishabha2.25 am4.28 am
Mithuna4.28 am5.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.55
Sani6.58
Guru8.02
Sevvai9.06
Suriya10.10
Sukran11.13
Budhan12.17
Chandra1.21
Sani2.25
Guru3.28
Sevvai4.32
Suriya5.36

Night

Sukran6.40
Budhan7.36
Chandra8.32
Sani9.28
Guru10.25
Sevvai11.21
Suriya12.17
Sukran1.14
Budhan2.10
Chandra3.06
Sani4.02
Guru4.59

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 9.58 am

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