Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
2
Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
18
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 17 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Theypirai
Chaturthitill 11.46 am, then Panchami
Poorattathitill 10.07 am, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 7.26–9.21
Yamagandamafternoon 1.42–3.37
Kuligaievening 5.31–7.27
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.03–7.58evening 9.31–10.26

Computed for Calgary, in Mountain time (MDT). 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, 11.00 am to 1.42 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 11.00 am.

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 Calgary

Computed for Calgary, 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

11.00 am–1.42 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.03–7.58 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
1.12–2.12 pm; Yamagandam also runs
3.37–5.31 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

1.42–3.37 pm
5.31–7.27 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
7.18–8.20 pm
7.26–9.21 pm
7.52–9.31 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 10.25 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise6.03 am
Sunset9.21 pm
Moonrise10.44 pm
Moonset10.40 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 3.57 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Calgary 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Chaturthi, till 11.46 am 14–15 nazhigaiPanchami
Poorattathi, till 10.07 am 10–09 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Atiganda Yogam, till 11.00 am caution 12–21 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 11.46 am 14–15 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 11.39 pm 43–56 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.54–5.28 amPrayer, meditation, study
1.12–2.12 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.42–3.37 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.31–7.27 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
7.18–8.20 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.26–9.21 pmAvoided for new beginnings
7.52–9.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
5.38–7.15 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.03
Amirtham27.58
Rogam9.52
Labam11.48
Dhanam31.43
Sugam3.37
Soram5.31
Visham7.26

Night

Dhanam49.21
Sugam10.27
Soram11.31
Visham12.37
Uthi1.43
Amirtham2.49
Rogam3.53
Labam5.00

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 10.07 am, 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
Kataka6.03 am7.29 am
Simha7.29 am10.19 am
Kanya10.19 am1.08 pm
Tula1.08 pm3.57 pm
Vrischika3.57 pm6.34 pm
Dhanu6.34 pm8.29 pm
Makara8.29 pm9.44 pm
Kumbha9.44 pm10.39 pm
Meena10.39 pm11.32 pm
Mesha11.32 pm12.37 am
Vrishabha12.37 am2.15 am
Mithuna2.15 am4.38 am
Kataka4.38 am6.05 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.03
Sukran7.20
Budhan8.36
Chandra9.53
Sani11.09
Guru12.26
Sevvai1.42
Suriya2.59
Sukran4.15
Budhan5.31
Chandra6.48
Sani8.04

Night

Guru9.21
Sevvai10.04
Suriya10.48
Sukran11.32
Budhan12.15
Chandra12.59
Sani1.43
Guru2.26
Sevvai3.10
Suriya3.54
Sukran4.37
Budhan5.21

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

Also

A downward day, by the sunrise nakshatram, Poorattathi
West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery
In force all day, until Tuesday 10.25 am

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