Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
23
Thursday
Parabhava
Aadi
7
Viyazhan

Valarpirai
Dasamitill 11.43 pm, then Ekadasi
Visakamtill 4.13 pm, then Anusham
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 3.15–5.08
Yamagandammorning 5.57–7.49
Kuligaimorning 9.40–11.33
ChandrashtamamUntil 9.32 am: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, RevathiThen: Ashwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamSouth · Parigaram: oil
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 7.49–9.40night 12.16–1.24 (after midnight)

Computed for Toronto, in Eastern time (EDT). 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, 11.33 am to 3.15 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 Toronto

Computed for Toronto, 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

11.33 am–3.15 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
7.49–9.40 amClear of every caution
7.49–9.40 am, inside the clear stretch
12.54–1.53 pm
5.08–8.41 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

5.57–7.49 am
9.40–11.33 am, what begins now is said to repeat
3.15–5.08 pm
8.41–10.30 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 9.32 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena Rasi.

Then

from 9.32 am, until Saturday 10.05 pm

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

Sunrise5.57 am
Sunset8.50 pm
Moonrise4.38 pm
Moonset1.09 am (next day)
SunKataka Rasi
MoonTula Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Friday 24 July: Ekadasi.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Toronto 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 11.43 pm 44–23 nazhigaiEkadasi
Visakam, till 4.13 pm 25–38 nazhigaiAnusham
Shubha Yogam, till 9.50 am 9–42 nazhigaiShukla Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 10.36 am 11–38 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 11.43 pm 44–23 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Toronto

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.45–5.20 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.57–7.49 amAvoided for new beginnings
6.27–8.13 amA favourable window
9.40–11.33 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.54–1.53 pmWidely used for beginnings
3.15–5.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.41–10.30 pmAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Dhanam15.57
Sugam7.49
Soram9.40
Uthi11.33
Amirtham1.24
Visham3.15
Rogam5.07
Labam26.59

Night

Amirtham38.50
Visham9.58
Rogam11.07
Labam12.16
Dhanam1.25
Sugam2.33
Soram3.41
Uthi4.50

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Daśamī · Guru Vāsara · Viśākhā (Anurādhā from 4.13 pm, computed)

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
Kataka5.57 am8.06 am
Simha8.06 am10.42 am
Kanya10.42 am1.18 pm
Tula1.18 pm3.55 pm
Vrischika3.55 pm6.23 pm
Dhanu6.23 pm8.22 pm
Makara8.22 pm9.49 pm
Kumbha9.49 pm10.58 pm
Meena10.58 pm12.03 am
Mesha12.03 am1.21 am
Vrishabha1.21 am3.07 am
Mithuna3.07 am5.26 am
Kataka5.26 am5.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Guru5.57
Sevvai7.12
Suriya8.26
Sukran9.40
Budhan10.55
Chandra12.09
Sani1.24
Guru2.38
Sevvai3.53
Suriya5.07
Sukran6.21
Budhan7.36

Night

Chandra8.50
Sani9.36
Guru10.22
Sevvai11.07
Suriya11.53
Sukran12.39
Budhan1.24
Chandra2.10
Sani2.56
Guru3.41
Sevvai4.27
Suriya5.13

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

Also

South on Thursdays; Parigaram: oil

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