Shastra Panchangam
June 2026
18
Thursday
Parabhava
Aani
4
Viyazhan

Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 6.29 am, then Panchami
Ayilyamtill 9.37 pm, then Magam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.10–5.11
Yamagandammorning 5.11–7.11
Kuligaimorning 9.10–11.11
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.38 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.11–9.10evening 9.10–10.10

Computed for Seattle, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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, 5.11 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 6.30 am.

Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.


Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Seattle

Computed for Seattle, 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

5.11–9.10 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.11–9.10 amClear of every caution
7.11–9.10 am, inside the clear stretch
12.36–3.10 pmClear of every caution
12.39–1.42 pm

Avoid

5.11–7.11 am
9.10–11.11 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.05 am–12.36 pm
3.10–5.11 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 9.38 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 9.38 pm, until Sunday 3.11 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.11 am
Sunset9.10 pm
Moonrise9.30 am
Moonset12.06 am (next day)
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Seattle 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)
Chaturthi, till 6.29 am 3–16 nazhigai
Panchami, till 4.30 am (next day) 58–19 nazhigai
Shashti
Ayilyam, till 9.37 pm 41–06 nazhigaiMagam
Harshana Yogam, till 2.23 am (next day) 53–01 nazhigaiVajra Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 6.30 am caution 3–16 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 5.24 pm 30–34 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 4.30 am (next day) 58–19 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Seattle

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.07–4.38 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.11–7.11 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.10–11.11 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.05 am–12.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.39–1.42 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.10–5.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.07–9.37 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.11
Sugam7.11
Soram9.10
Uthi211.11
Amirtham1.11
Visham3.10
Rogam5.10
Labam7.11

Night

Amirtham9.10
Visham10.10
Rogam11.10
Labam12.11
Dhanam1.11
Sugam2.11
Soram3.10
Uthi4.11

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Guru Vāsara · Āśleṣā

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
Mithuna5.11 am7.26 am
Kataka7.26 am10.07 am
Simha10.07 am12.50 pm
Kanya12.50 pm3.32 pm
Tula3.32 pm6.15 pm
Vrischika6.15 pm8.47 pm
Dhanu8.47 pm10.45 pm
Makara10.45 pm12.06 am
Kumbha12.06 am1.08 am
Meena1.08 am2.07 am
Mesha2.07 am3.18 am
Vrishabha3.18 am5.01 am
Mithuna5.01 am5.11 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.11
Sevvai6.31
Suriya7.51
Sukran9.11
Budhan10.31
Chandra11.51
Sani1.11
Guru2.31
Sevvai3.51
Suriya5.10
Sukran6.30
Budhan7.50

Night

Chandra9.10
Sani9.50
Guru10.30
Sevvai11.11
Suriya11.51
Sukran12.31
Budhan1.11
Chandra1.51
Sani2.31
Guru3.11
Sevvai3.51
Suriya4.31

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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