Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
23
Thursday
Parabhava
Aadi
7
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Navamitill 11.34 am, then Dasami
Visakamtill 6.13 am (next day), then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.41–2.57
Yamagandammorning 7.28–8.43
Kuligaimorning 9.57–11.13
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.32 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 12.27–1.41evening 5.26–7.10

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, 2.57 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

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

2.57–5.26 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
8.43–9.46 amClear of every caution
11.34 am–1.41 pmClear of every caution
12.07–12.46 pm
12.27–1.41 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.28–8.43 am
9.46–11.34 am
9.57–11.13 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.41–2.57 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 11.32 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 11.32 pm, until Sunday 12.05 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise7.28 am
Sunset5.26 pm
Moonrise12.06 pm
Moonset3.00 am (next day)
SunKataka Rasi
MoonTula 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
Viyazhan (Thursday)
Navami, till 11.34 am 10–15 nazhigaiDasami
Visakam, till 6.13 am (next day) 56–54 nazhigaiAnusham
Shubha Yogam, till 11.50 pm 40–57 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.34 am 10–15 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 12.36 am (next day) 42–53 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.36–6.31 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.28–8.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.46–11.34 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.57–11.13 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.07–12.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.41–2.57 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.27–10.13 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam17.28
Sugam28.43
Soram9.57
Uthi311.13
Amirtham12.27
Visham1.41
Rogam2.56
Labam4.12

Night

Amirtham5.26
Visham7.10
Rogam8.56
Labam10.42
Dhanam12.27
Sugam2.12
Soram3.56
Uthi5.42

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Yamagandam; 2 Tyajyam; 3 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Navamī · Guru Vāsara · Viśākhā

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
Kataka7.28 am8.46 am
Simha8.46 am10.03 am
Kanya10.03 am11.17 am
Tula11.17 am12.43 pm
Vrischika12.43 pm2.33 pm
Dhanu2.33 pm4.50 pm
Makara4.50 pm7.19 pm
Kumbha7.19 pm9.47 pm
Meena9.47 pm12.14 am
Mesha12.14 am2.43 am
Vrishabha2.43 am5.07 am
Mithuna5.07 am7.09 am
Kataka7.09 am7.27 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru7.28
Sevvai8.18
Suriya9.08
Sukran9.57
Budhan10.47
Chandra11.37
Sani12.27
Guru1.17
Sevvai2.06
Suriya2.56
Sukran3.46
Budhan4.36

Night

Chandra5.26
Sani6.36
Guru7.46
Sevvai8.56
Suriya10.06
Sukran11.16
Budhan12.26
Chandra1.37
Sani2.47
Guru3.57
Sevvai5.07
Suriya6.17

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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