Shastra Panchangam
June 2026
17
Wednesday
Parabhava
Aani
2
Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aani 3 on this day. Here Aani began a day later, on Tuesday 16 June.

Valarpirai
Tritiyaitill 2.09 am (next day), then Chaturthi
Punarpoosamtill 6.07 pm, then Poosam
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.55–1.11
Yamagandammorning 8.12–9.28
Kuligaimorning 10.41–11.56
ChandrashtamamUntil 12.44 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
afternoon 2.25–3.39evening 4.53–6.39

Computed for Sydney, in Sydney 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, 1.11 pm to sunset 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 Sydney

Computed for Sydney, 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

1.11–4.53 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.59–7.24 amShort clear window
9.28–10.41 amClear of every caution
2.25–3.39 pm, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.24–8.51 am
8.12–9.28 am
10.41–11.56 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.36 am–12.16 pm
11.55 am–1.11 pm
1.25–2.54 am, early Thursday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 12.44 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 12.44 pm, until Friday 2.38 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.59 am
Sunset4.53 pm
Moonrise9.10 am
Moonset7.03 pm
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Sydney 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Tritiyai, till 2.09 am (next day) 47–56 nazhigaiChaturthi
Punarpoosam, till 6.07 pm 27–51 nazhigaiPoosam
Dhruva Yogam, till 1.21 am (next day) 45–56 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 3.42 pm 21–49 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 2.09 am (next day) 47–56 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Sydney

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.06–6.02 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.24–8.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
8.12–9.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.41–11.56 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.36 am–12.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.55 am–1.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
3.59–5.24 pmA favourable window
1.25–2.54 amAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.59
Dhanam28.13
Sugam9.28
Soram10.41
Visham11.55
Uthi1.11
Amirtham2.25
Rogam3.39

Night

Uthi4.53
Amirtham6.40
Rogam8.24
Labam10.11
Dhanam311.57
Sugam41.42
Soram3.27
Visham5.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Saumya Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Mithuna6.59 am8.59 am
Kataka8.59 am10.37 am
Simha10.37 am11.59 am
Kanya11.59 am1.18 pm
Tula1.18 pm2.48 pm
Vrischika2.48 pm4.41 pm
Dhanu4.41 pm6.57 pm
Makara6.57 pm9.21 pm
Kumbha9.21 pm11.44 pm
Meena11.44 pm2.07 am
Mesha2.07 am4.31 am
Vrishabha4.31 am6.53 am
Mithuna6.53 am6.59 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.59
Chandra7.48
Sani8.38
Guru9.27
Sevvai10.17
Suriya11.06
Sukran11.56
Budhan12.46
Chandra1.35
Sani2.25
Guru3.14
Sevvai4.04

Night

Suriya4.53
Sukran6.04
Budhan7.14
Chandra8.25
Sani9.35
Guru10.46
Sevvai11.56
Suriya1.07
Sukran2.17
Budhan3.28
Chandra4.38
Sani5.48

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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