Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
25
Saturday
Parabhava
Aadi
9
Sani

Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 10.05 am, then Dwadasi
Kettaitill 6.05 am (next day), then Moolam
Siddha Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 9.29–10.54
Yamagandamafternoon 1.40–3.04
Kuligaimorning 6.43–8.07
ChandrashtamamUntil 6.05 am (next day): Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarterThen: Karthigai 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Rohini, Mirugaseeridam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 3.04–4.27evening 5.51–7.27

Computed for Port Louis, in Mauritius time (MUT). 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, 3.04 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.05 am.

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 Port Louis

Computed for Port Louis, 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

3.04–5.51 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
11.13 am–1.40 pmClear of every caution
11.55 am–12.38 pm
3.04–4.27 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

6.43–8.07 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.43–8.12 am
9.24–11.13 am
9.29–10.54 am
1.40–3.04 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 6.05 am

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha Rasi.

Then

from 6.05 am, until Tuesday 6.20 pm

Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters · Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters

For those born in Vrishabha 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

Sunrise6.43 am
Sunset5.51 pm
Moonrise2.16 pm
Moonset4.05 am (next day)
SunKataka Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

Sunday 26 July: Pradosham.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Port Louis 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)
Ekadasi, till 10.05 am 8–25 nazhigaiDwadasi
Kettai, till 6.05 am (next day) 58–27 nazhigaiMoolam
Brahma Yogam, till 7.39 pm 32–21 nazhigaiIndra Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.05 am caution 8–25 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 11.17 pm 41–26 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Port Louis

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.00–5.51 amPrayer, meditation, study
6.43–8.07 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.43–8.12 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.24–11.13 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.29–10.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.55 am–12.38 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.40–3.04 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.12–9.59 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram6.43
Uthi18.07
Visham9.29
Amirtham210.54
Rogam12.16
Labam31.41
Dhanam3.04
Sugam4.28

Night

Labam5.51
Dhanam7.28
Sugam9.04
Soram10.39
Uthi12.17
Visham1.52
Amirtham3.30
Soram5.05

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Sthira Vāsara · Jyeṣṭhā

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
Kataka6.43 am8.05 am
Simha8.05 am9.40 am
Kanya9.40 am11.14 am
Tula11.14 am12.56 pm
Vrischika12.56 pm2.56 pm
Dhanu2.56 pm5.09 pm
Makara5.09 pm7.23 pm
Kumbha7.23 pm9.32 pm
Meena9.32 pm11.40 pm
Mesha11.40 pm1.52 am
Vrishabha1.52 am4.06 am
Mithuna4.06 am6.12 am
Kataka6.12 am6.42 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani6.43
Guru7.38
Sevvai8.34
Suriya9.30
Sukran10.25
Budhan11.21
Chandra12.17
Sani1.12
Guru2.08
Sevvai3.04
Suriya3.59
Sukran4.55

Night

Budhan5.51
Chandra6.55
Sani7.59
Guru9.04
Sevvai10.08
Suriya11.12
Sukran12.16
Budhan1.21
Chandra2.25
Sani3.29
Guru4.34
Sevvai5.38

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd

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