Shastra Panchangam
September 2026
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Tuesday
Parabhava
Avani
15
Sevvai

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 12.12 pm, then Panchami
Revathitill 7.54 am, then Ashwini
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.09–4.35
Yamagandammorning 9.31–10.56
Kuligaiafternoon 12.20–1.46
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.55 am: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.56–12.20night 7.35–9.09

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, 6.42 am to 8.57 am 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 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

6.42–8.57 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
10.56 am–12.20 pmClear of every caution
10.56 am–12.20 pm, inside the clear stretch
11.58 am–12.43 pm; Kuligai also runs
1.46–3.09 pmClear of every caution
4.35–5.59 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.57–9.43 am
9.31–10.56 am
12.20–1.46 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.09–4.35 pm
11.03–11.55 pm, in the evening
3.19–4.53 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 7.55 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 7.55 am, until Thursday 11.57 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise6.42 am
Sunset5.59 pm
Moonrise10.32 pm
Moonset8.16 am
SunSimha Rasi
MoonMeena 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)
Chaturthi, till 12.12 pm 13–47 nazhigaiPanchami
Revathi, till 7.54 am 3–00 nazhigaiAshwini
Vriddhi Yogam, till 4.09 am (next day) 53–40 nazhigaiDhruva Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.12 pm 13–47 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.30 pm 42–02 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Melbourne

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.01–5.51 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.33–7.06 am
12.13–1.46 am
A favourable window
8.57–9.43 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.31–10.56 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.58 am–12.43 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.20–1.46 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.09–4.35 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.03–11.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.19–4.53 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam6.42
Labam18.07
Dhanam29.32
Sugam10.56
Soram12.20
Uthi1.46
Visham3.09
Amirtham4.35

Night

Soram5.59
Uthi7.35
Visham9.09
Amirtham310.45
Rogam12.19
Labam41.56
Dhanam53.31
Sugam5.06

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Varṣa Ṛtu · Siṃha Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhauma Vāsara · Revatī (Aśvinī from 7.54 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
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Simha6.42 am7.26 am
Kanya7.26 am8.40 am
Tula8.40 am10.06 am
Vrischika10.06 am11.56 am
Dhanu11.56 am2.13 pm
Makara2.13 pm4.42 pm
Kumbha4.42 pm7.10 pm
Meena7.10 pm9.37 pm
Mesha9.37 pm12.06 am
Vrishabha12.06 am2.30 am
Mithuna2.30 am4.31 am
Kataka4.31 am6.05 am
Simha6.05 am6.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai6.42
Suriya7.39
Sukran8.35
Budhan9.31
Chandra10.28
Sani11.24
Guru12.21
Sevvai1.17
Suriya2.13
Sukran3.10
Budhan4.06
Chandra5.03

Night

Sani5.59
Guru7.02
Sevvai8.06
Suriya9.09
Sukran10.13
Budhan11.16
Chandra12.20
Sani1.23
Guru2.27
Sevvai3.30
Suriya4.34
Sukran5.37

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

Also

North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
In force all day, until 7.55 am

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