Shastra Panchangam
July 2027
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Wednesday
Plavanga
·
Budhan
Theypirai
Navamitill 9.16 am, then Dasami
Karthigaitill 4.58 am (next day), then Rohini
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 12.00–1.30
Yamagandammorning 7.30–9.00
Kuligaimorning 10.30–12.00
ChandrashtamamUntil 11.40 am: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Chithirai 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Swathi, Visakam 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Nalla Neram
morning 9.15–10.15evening 4.45–5.45
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 10.45–11.45evening 6.30–7.30

Tithi and nakshatram computed for Tirunelveli. 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, 3.55 pm to 5.22 pm is the best of the day.

Ganda Yogam runs till 3.55 pm.

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 Tirunelveli

Computed for Tirunelveli, 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

3.55–5.22 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.15–10.15 am; Yamagandam and Ganda Yogam also run
10.45–11.45 am; Kuligai and Ganda Yogam also run
4.45–5.45 pm; Tyajyam also runs
6.30–7.30 pm; Tyajyam also runs

Avoid

7.43–9.18 am (printed 7.30–9)
10.51 am–12.26 pm, what begins now is said to repeat (printed 10.30–12)
12.00–12.51 pm
12.25–2.00 pm (printed 12–1.30)
5.22–6.56 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 11.40 am

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya Rasi.

Then

from 11.40 am, until Friday 2.30 pm

Swathi · Chithirai, third to fourth quarters · Visakam, first to third quarters

For those born in Tula 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

Sunrise6.10 am
Sunset6.41 pm
Moonrise1.38 am (next day)
Moonset1.34 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Thursday 29 July: Ekadasi.

Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Tirunelveli 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)
Navami, till 9.16 am 7–46 nazhigaiDasami
Karthigai, till 4.58 am (next day) 57–01 nazhigaiRohini
Ganda Yogam, till 3.55 pm caution 24–22 nazhigaiVriddhi Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 9.16 am 7–46 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 8.31 pm 35–52 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Tirunelveli

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.38–5.23 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.43–9.18 amAvoided for new beginnings
10.51 am–12.26 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.00–12.51 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.25–2.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.22–6.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.40–4.11 amA favourable window
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam16.10
Dhanam27.44
Sugam39.18
Soram10.51
Visham12.25
Uthi42.00
Amirtham53.34
Rogam5.07

Night

Uthi66.41
Amirtham8.08
Rogam9.33
Labam11.00
Dhanam12.26
Sugam1.52
Soram3.17
Visham4.43

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Ganda Yogam; 2 Yamagandam and Ganda Yogam; 3 Ganda Yogam; 4 Ganda Yogam; 5 Ganda Yogam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Plavaṅga · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Navamī · Saumya Vāsara · Kṛttikā

Given in Sanskrit, as recited, with the solar month as Tamil sankalpam uses it. Wording varies by family; confirm with your vadhyar.

1949
2084
2083
5129
1202

Kaliyuga counted as the Tamil almanac counts the current year. Gujarati Samvat turns the day after Deepavali.

Lagnam

Rising signFromTo
Kataka6.10 am7.35 am
Simha7.35 am9.34 am
Kanya9.34 am11.32 am
Tula11.32 am1.35 pm
Vrischika1.35 pm3.46 pm
Dhanu3.46 pm5.53 pm
Makara5.53 pm7.49 pm
Kumbha7.49 pm9.35 pm
Meena9.35 pm11.18 pm
Mesha11.18 pm1.10 am
Vrishabha1.10 am3.13 am
Mithuna3.13 am5.24 am
Kataka5.24 am6.10 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.10
Chandra7.12
Sani8.15
Guru9.18
Sevvai10.20
Suriya11.23
Sukran12.25
Budhan1.28
Chandra2.31
Sani3.33
Guru4.36
Sevvai5.39

Night

Suriya6.41
Sukran7.39
Budhan8.36
Chandra9.33
Sani10.31
Guru11.28
Sevvai12.26
Suriya1.23
Sukran2.20
Budhan3.18
Chandra4.15
Sani5.12

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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