August 2026

Wednesday

Parabhava

Aadi

Budhan

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 27 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Theypirai

Amavasaitill 10.37 am, then Prathamai

Ayilyamtill 5.37 pm, then Magam

Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.13–3.02

Yamagandammorning 7.48–9.37

Kuligaimorning 11.25–1.14

ChandrashtamamUntil 5.37 pm: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarterThen: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

morning 9.37–11.25evening 8.26–9.38

Computed for Bellevue, 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, 3.02 pm to sunset 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 Bellevue

Computed for Bellevue, 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

3.02–8.26 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

6.01–7.17 amClear of every caution

9.37–11.25 amClear of every caution

9.37–11.25 am, inside the clear stretch

Avoid

7.17–8.47 am

7.48–9.37 am

11.25 am–1.14 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

12.44–1.43 pm

1.13–3.02 pm

4.52–6.23 am, early Thursday

Chandrashtamam

until 5.37 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu Rasi.

Then

from 5.37 pm, until Friday 9.05 pm

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

Sunrise6.01 am

Sunset8.26 pm

MoonriseAfter sunrise on Thursday

Moonset8.29 pm

SunKataka Rasi

MoonKataka Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

Amavasai runs till 10.37 am; the Amavasai day here is on Tuesday 11 August.

In Tamil Nadu, Amavasai is on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Bellevue 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

Limb	This day	Then
	Budhan (Wednesday)
	Amavasai, till 10.37 am 11–30 nazhigai	Prathamai
	Ayilyam, till 5.37 pm 28–59 nazhigai	Magam
	Variyan Yogam, till 11.46 pm 44–22 nazhigai	Parigha Yogam
	Naga Karanam, till 10.37 am 11–30 nazhigai Kimstughna Karanam, till 9.21 pm 38–19 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Bellevue

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.45–5.22 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	7.17–8.47 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	7.48–9.37 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	11.25 am–1.14 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	12.44–1.43 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	1.13–3.02 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	4.09–5.36 pm	A favourable window
	4.52–6.23 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	No Abhijit Muhurtham on this day	Widely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam¹6.01

Dhanam²7.49

Sugam9.37

Soram11.25

Visham1.13

Uthi3.02

Amirtham4.50

Rogam6.37

Night

Uthi8.26

Amirtham9.39

Rogam10.50

Labam12.03

Dhanam1.15

Sugam2.26

Soram3.37

Visham4.49

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Amāvāsyā · Saumya Vāsara · Āśleṣā (Maghā from 5.37 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 sign	From	To
Kataka	6.01 am	6.30 am
Simha	6.30 am	9.13 am
Kanya	9.13 am	11.55 am
Tula	11.55 am	2.39 pm
Vrischika	2.39 pm	5.11 pm
Dhanu	5.11 pm	7.08 pm
Makara	7.08 pm	8.29 pm
Kumbha	8.29 pm	9.31 pm
Meena	9.31 pm	10.30 pm
Mesha	10.30 pm	11.42 pm
Vrishabha	11.42 pm	1.24 am
Mithuna	1.24 am	3.45 am
Kataka	3.45 am	6.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan6.01

Chandra7.13

Sani8.25

Guru9.37

Sevvai10.49

Suriya12.01

Sukran1.13

Budhan2.25

Chandra3.38

Sani4.50

Guru6.02

Sevvai7.14

Night

Suriya8.26

Sukran9.14

Budhan10.02

Chandra10.50

Sani11.38

Guru12.26

Sevvai1.14

Suriya2.02

Sukran2.50

Budhan3.38

Chandra4.26

Sani5.14

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk