Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
4
Saturday
Parabhava
Aani
20
Sani

Theypirai
Panchamitill 1.01 am (next day), then Shashti
Sathayamtill 2.43 am (next day), then Poorattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 9.21–11.10
Yamagandamafternoon 2.45–4.33
Kuligaimorning 5.46–7.35
ChandrashtamamPunarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, Ayilyam
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 11.10–12.57evening 8.08–9.20

Computed for Los Angeles, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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, 11.10 am to 2.45 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 Los Angeles

Computed for Los Angeles, 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

11.10 am–2.45 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.42–8.52 amClear of every caution
11.10 am–12.57 pm, inside the clear stretch
12.29–1.26 pm
4.33–8.08 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.46–7.35 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.46–7.42 am
8.52–10.35 am
9.21–11.10 am
2.45–4.33 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 9.28 pm

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

Sunrise5.46 am
Sunset8.08 pm
Moonrise11.14 pm
Moonset10.01 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 Los Angeles's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Los Angeles 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)
Panchami, till 1.01 am (next day) 48–06 nazhigaiShashti
Sathayam, till 2.43 am (next day) 52–20 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Ayushman Yogam, till 4.10 am (next day) 55–58 nazhigaiSaubhagya Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.40 pm 17–13 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 1.01 am (next day) 48–06 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.30–5.07 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.46–7.35 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.46–7.42 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.52–10.35 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.21–11.10 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.29–1.26 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.45–4.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.05–8.46 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.46
Uthi17.35
Visham9.21
Amirtham11.10
Rogam12.57
Labam22.46
Dhanam4.33
Sugam6.21

Night

Labam8.08
Dhanam9.21
Sugam10.33
Soram11.45
Uthi12.58
Visham2.09
Amirtham3.23
Soram4.34

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Pañcamī · Sthira Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj

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
Mithuna5.46 am6.46 am
Kataka6.46 am9.11 am
Simha9.11 am11.34 am
Kanya11.34 am1.57 pm
Tula1.57 pm4.22 pm
Vrischika4.22 pm6.43 pm
Dhanu6.43 pm8.46 pm
Makara8.46 pm10.23 pm
Kumbha10.23 pm11.45 pm
Meena11.45 pm1.04 am
Mesha1.04 am2.34 am
Vrishabha2.34 am4.26 am
Mithuna4.26 am5.47 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.46
Guru6.58
Sevvai8.10
Suriya9.22
Sukran10.34
Budhan11.46
Chandra12.57
Sani2.09
Guru3.21
Sevvai4.33
Suriya5.45
Sukran6.56

Night

Budhan8.08
Chandra8.57
Sani9.45
Guru10.33
Sevvai11.21
Suriya12.09
Sukran12.58
Budhan1.46
Chandra2.34
Sani3.22
Guru4.11
Sevvai4.59

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 9.28 pm

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