Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
21
Tuesday
Parabhava
Aadi
5
Sevvai

Valarpirai
Saptamitill 8.33 am, then Ashtami
Chithiraitill 1.19 am (next day), then Swathi
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 2.55–4.10
Yamagandammorning 9.57–11.13
Kuligaiafternoon 12.26–1.42
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.25 pm: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 4.10–5.24night 7.10–8.55

Computed for Melbourne, in Melbourne time (AEST). 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, 7.29 am to 8.12 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 9.06 pm.

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 Melbourne

Computed for Melbourne, 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

7.29–8.12 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
12.07–12.46 pm; Kuligai and Bhadra Karanam also run
4.10–5.24 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

8.12–9.56 am
9.28–10.08 am
9.57–11.13 am
12.26–1.42 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
2.55–4.10 pm
11.01–11.59 pm, in the evening
7.26–9.12 am, early Wednesday

Chandrashtamam

until 12.25 pm

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

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 12.25 pm, until Thursday 11.32 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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

Sunrise7.29 am
Sunset5.24 pm
Moonrise11.09 am
Moonset12.57 am (next day)
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Melbourne's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Melbourne 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
Sevvai (Tuesday)
Saptami, till 8.33 am 2–40 nazhigaiAshtami
Chithirai, till 1.19 am (next day) 44–37 nazhigaiSwathi
Siddha Yogam, till 10.56 pm 38–37 nazhigaiSadhya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 8.33 am 2–40 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 9.06 pm caution 34–02 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.37–6.32 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.12–9.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.28–10.08 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.57–11.13 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.07–12.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.26–1.42 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
2.55–4.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.29–8.11 pmA favourable window
11.01–11.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.26–9.12 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam7.29
Labam18.44
Dhanam29.58
Sugam311.13
Soram12.26
Uthi41.42
Visham2.55
Amirtham54.10

Night

Soram5.24
Uthi7.10
Visham8.55
Amirtham610.41
Rogam12.26
Labam2.12
Dhanam3.58
Sugam75.44

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Bhauma Vāsara · Citrā

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
Kataka7.29 am8.54 am
Simha8.54 am10.11 am
Kanya10.11 am11.25 am
Tula11.25 am12.51 pm
Vrischika12.51 pm2.41 pm
Dhanu2.41 pm4.58 pm
Makara4.58 pm7.27 pm
Kumbha7.27 pm9.55 pm
Meena9.55 pm12.22 am
Mesha12.22 am2.51 am
Vrishabha2.51 am5.15 am
Mithuna5.15 am7.16 am
Kataka7.16 am7.29 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai7.29
Suriya8.19
Sukran9.08
Budhan9.58
Chandra10.48
Sani11.37
Guru12.27
Sevvai1.16
Suriya2.06
Sukran2.55
Budhan3.45
Chandra4.35

Night

Sani5.24
Guru6.35
Sevvai7.45
Suriya8.55
Sukran10.06
Budhan11.16
Chandra12.26
Sani1.37
Guru2.47
Sevvai3.57
Suriya5.08
Sukran6.18

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk

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