Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Aani
29
Thingal
Theypirai
Chaturdasitill 6.50 pm, then Amavasai
Thiruvathiraitill 2.52 am (next day), then Punarpoosam
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 7.30–9.00
Yamagandammorning 10.30–12.00
Kuligaiafternoon 1.30–3.00
ChandrashtamamVisakam 4th quarter, Anusham, Kettai
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Nalla Neram
morning 6.15–7.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 7.30–8.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Thanjavur. Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Kuligai, Nalla Neram and Soolam as Tamil calendars print them. Minute times are under Your day.

Shastra's reading

For anything new, 9.09 am to 10.43 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 8.41 am; Vyaghata Yogam runs till 11.58 am Tuesday.

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

Shastra

Your day: Tamil calendar for Thanjavur

Computed for Thanjavur, to the minute. Use the printed times on the sheet for daily life; use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham. Where they differ, the printed time is shown in brackets.

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

9.09–10.43 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.15–7.15 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
9.15–10.15 am, inside the clear stretch
11.54 am–12.44 pm; Yamagandam also runs
12.20–12.44 pmShort clear window
4.45–5.45 pm; Vyaghata Yogam also runs
7.30–8.30 pm

Avoid

7.33–9.09 am (printed 7.30–9)
10.43 am–12.20 pm (printed 10.30–12)
12.44–1.36 pm
1.06–2.32 pm
1.54–3.30 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 1.30–3)
3.17–4.08 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 6.50 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika 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

Sunrise5.58 am
Sunset6.41 pm
Moonrise5.40 am (next day)
Moonset5.44 pm
SunMithuna Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Tuesday 14 July: Amavasai.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Thanjavur 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
Thingal (Monday)
Chaturdasi, till 6.50 pm 32–10 nazhigaiAmavasai
Thiruvathirai, till 2.52 am (next day) 52–14 nazhigaiPunarpoosam
Dhruva Yogam, till 4.01 pm 25–07 nazhigaiVyaghata Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 8.41 am caution 6–46 nazhigai
Shakuni Karanam, till 6.50 pm 32–10 nazhigai
Chatushpada Karanam, till 5.01 am (next day) 57–36 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Thanjavur

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.28–5.12 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.33–9.09 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.43 am–12.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.54 am–12.44 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.44–1.36 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.06–2.32 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.54–3.30 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.17–4.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.03–7.27 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham15.58
Visham7.33
Rogam9.08
Labam210.44
Dhanam312.20
Sugam41.55
Soram3.29
Uthi55.06

Night

Sugam6.41
Soram8.05
Uthi9.30
Amirtham10.55
Visham12.19
Rogam1.43
Labam3.09
Dhanam4.34

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Uttarāyaṇa · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Mithuna Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturdaśī · Indu Vāsara · Ārdrā

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
Mithuna5.58 am6.17 am
Kataka6.17 am8.25 am
Simha8.25 am10.26 am
Kanya10.26 am12.26 pm
Tula12.26 pm2.31 pm
Vrischika2.31 pm4.42 pm
Dhanu4.42 pm6.49 pm
Makara6.49 pm8.44 pm
Kumbha8.44 pm10.28 pm
Meena10.28 pm12.09 am
Mesha12.09 am1.59 am
Vrishabha1.59 am4.02 am
Mithuna4.02 am5.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.58
Sani7.01
Guru8.05
Sevvai9.08
Suriya10.12
Sukran11.16
Budhan12.19
Chandra1.23
Sani2.26
Guru3.30
Sevvai4.33
Suriya5.37

Night

Sukran6.41
Budhan7.37
Chandra8.33
Sani9.30
Guru10.26
Sevvai11.23
Suriya12.19
Sukran1.16
Budhan2.12
Chandra3.09
Sani4.05
Guru5.02

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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