Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
23
Thursday
Parabhava
Aadi
7
Viyazhan
Valarpirai
Dasamitill 6.43 am (next day), then Ekadasi
Visakamtill 11.13 pm, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.40–3.22
Yamagandammorning 5.17–6.58
Kuligaimorning 8.38–10.19
ChandrashtamamUntil 4.32 pm: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.02–6.43night 10.41–11.59

Computed for Riyadh, in Arabia time (AST). 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, 10.19 am to 1.40 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 Riyadh

Computed for Riyadh, 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

10.19 am–1.40 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.58–8.38 amClear of every caution
11.33 am–12.26 pm
3.22–6.43 pmClear of every caution
5.02–6.43 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

5.17–6.58 am
8.38–10.19 am, what begins now is said to repeat
1.40–3.22 pm
3.41–5.30 am, early Friday

Chandrashtamam

until 4.32 pm

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 4.32 pm, until Sunday 5.05 am

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

Sunrise5.17 am
Sunset6.43 pm
Moonrise1.56 pm
Moonset12.32 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 Riyadh's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Riyadh 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)
Dasami, till 6.43 am (next day) 63–35 nazhigaiEkadasi
Visakam, till 11.13 pm 44–49 nazhigaiAnusham
Shubha Yogam, till 4.50 pm 28–53 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 5.36 pm 30–48 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Riyadh

WindowTimeTraditional use
3.53–4.34 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.17–6.58 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.38–10.19 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.33 am–12.26 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.27–3.13 pmA favourable window
1.40–3.22 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.41–5.30 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.17
Sugam6.58
Soram8.38
Uthi10.19
Amirtham12.00
Visham1.40
Rogam3.21
Labam5.02

Night

Amirtham6.43
Visham8.01
Rogam9.21
Labam10.41
Dhanam12.00
Sugam1.20
Soram2.38
Uthi23.58

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · 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
Kataka5.17 am7.10 am
Simha7.10 am9.24 am
Kanya9.24 am11.36 am
Tula11.36 am1.52 pm
Vrischika1.52 pm4.09 pm
Dhanu4.09 pm6.14 pm
Makara6.14 pm7.59 pm
Kumbha7.59 pm9.30 pm
Meena9.30 pm10.59 pm
Mesha10.59 pm12.38 am
Vrishabha12.38 am2.36 am
Mithuna2.36 am4.49 am
Kataka4.49 am5.17 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.17
Sevvai6.24
Suriya7.31
Sukran8.38
Budhan9.45
Chandra10.53
Sani12.00
Guru1.07
Sevvai2.14
Suriya3.21
Sukran4.28
Budhan5.35

Night

Chandra6.43
Sani7.35
Guru8.28
Sevvai9.21
Suriya10.14
Sukran11.07
Budhan12.00
Chandra12.53
Sani1.46
Guru2.39
Sevvai3.32
Suriya4.24

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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