Shastra Panchangam
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Friday
Parabhava
Aadi
8
Velli
Valarpirai
Dasamitill 1.43 pm, then Ekadasi
Anushamtill 9.07 am (next day), then Kettai
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.11–12.27
Yamagandamafternoon 2.56–4.12
Kuligaimorning 8.42–9.57
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.27–8.42night 7.12–8.56

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, 12.30 pm to 2.56 pm 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

12.30–2.56 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.27–8.42 amClear of every caution
7.27–8.42 am, inside the clear stretch
9.57–10.41 amShort clear window
12.07–12.46 pm; Tyajyam and Rahu Kalam also run
4.12–5.27 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.42–9.57 am, what begins now is said to repeat
10.41 am–12.30 pm
11.11 am–12.27 pm
2.56–4.12 pm

Chandrashtamam

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

Sunrise7.27 am
Sunset5.27 pm
Moonrise12.41 pm
Moonset4.00 am (next day)
SunKataka Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Saturday 25 July: Ekadasi.

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
Velli (Friday)
Dasami, till 1.43 pm 15–41 nazhigaiEkadasi
Anusham, till 9.07 am (next day) 64–11 nazhigaiKettai
Shukla Yogam, till 12.42 am (next day) 43–08 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 1.43 pm 15–41 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 2.53 am (next day) 48–37 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.35–6.31 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.42–9.57 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.41 am–12.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.11 am–12.27 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.07–12.46 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.56–4.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
9.28–11.15 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam7.27
Soram8.42
Uthi19.57
Visham11.11
Amirtham212.27
Rogam1.41
Labam32.57
Dhanam4.12

Night

Rogam5.27
Labam7.12
Dhanam8.57
Sugam10.42
Soram12.26
Uthi2.12
Visham3.56
Amirtham5.42

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Anurādhā

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
Kataka7.27 am8.42 am
Simha8.42 am9.59 am
Kanya9.59 am11.13 am
Tula11.13 am12.39 pm
Vrischika12.39 pm2.29 pm
Dhanu2.29 pm4.46 pm
Makara4.46 pm7.15 pm
Kumbha7.15 pm9.43 pm
Meena9.43 pm12.10 am
Mesha12.10 am2.39 am
Vrishabha2.39 am5.03 am
Mithuna5.03 am7.05 am
Kataka7.05 am7.26 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran7.27
Budhan8.17
Chandra9.07
Sani9.57
Guru10.47
Sevvai11.37
Suriya12.27
Sukran1.17
Budhan2.07
Chandra2.57
Sani3.47
Guru4.37

Night

Sevvai5.27
Suriya6.37
Sukran7.47
Budhan8.57
Chandra10.06
Sani11.16
Guru12.26
Sevvai1.36
Suriya2.46
Sukran3.56
Budhan5.06
Chandra6.16

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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