Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Aani
22
Thingal
Theypirai
Shashtitill 9.18 am, then Saptami
Poorattathitill 11.38 am, then Uthirattathi
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 6.54–8.59
Yamagandammorning 11.01–1.06
Kuligaiafternoon 3.08–5.12
ChandrashtamamUntil 5.28 am: Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 4.51–6.54night 11.13–12.08 (after midnight)

Computed for London, in UK time (BST). 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, 4.51 am to 6.54 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.12 pm.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for London

Computed for London, 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

4.51–6.54 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
4.51–6.54 am, inside the clear stretch
8.59–9.17 amShort clear window
12.33–1.37 pm; Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam also run
9.12–9.19 pmShort clear window

Avoid

6.54–8.59 am
11.01 am–1.06 pm
1.37–2.44 pm
3.08–5.12 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.55–6.02 pm
9.20–10.58 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 5.28 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 5.28 am, until Wednesday 11.31 am

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

Sunrise4.51 am
Sunset9.19 pm
Moonrise11.56 pm
Moonset11.51 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 London's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for London 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 9.18 am 11–06 nazhigaiSaptami
Poorattathi, till 11.38 am 16–56 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Saubhagya Yogam, till 11.21 am 16–15 nazhigaiShobhana Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 9.18 am 11–06 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.12 pm caution 40–50 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for London

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.20–4.59 amA favourable window
3.51–4.21 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.54–8.59 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.01 am–1.06 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.33–1.37 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.37–2.44 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.08–5.12 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.55–6.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.20–10.58 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham4.51
Visham6.54
Rogam8.58
Labam111.02
Dhanam21.06
Sugam33.09
Soram5.11
Uthi47.16

Night

Sugam59.19
Soram10.15
Uthi11.13
Amirtham12.09
Visham1.05
Rogam2.02
Labam2.59
Dhanam3.56

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 11.38 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
Mithuna4.51 am5.51 am
Kataka5.51 am8.39 am
Simha8.39 am11.30 am
Kanya11.30 am2.20 pm
Tula2.20 pm5.11 pm
Vrischika5.11 pm7.48 pm
Dhanu7.48 pm9.43 pm
Makara9.43 pm10.57 pm
Kumbha10.57 pm11.51 pm
Meena11.51 pm12.42 am
Mesha12.42 am1.46 am
Vrishabha1.46 am3.24 am
Mithuna3.24 am4.52 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra4.51
Sani6.13
Guru7.36
Sevvai8.58
Suriya10.20
Sukran11.43
Budhan1.05
Chandra2.27
Sani3.50
Guru5.12
Sevvai6.34
Suriya7.57

Night

Sukran9.19
Budhan9.57
Chandra10.34
Sani11.12
Guru11.50
Sevvai12.28
Suriya1.06
Sukran1.43
Budhan2.21
Chandra2.59
Sani3.37
Guru4.14

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 5.28 am

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