Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
14
Friday
Parabhava
Aadi
30
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 29 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Valarpirai
Dwitiyaitill 7.17 am, then Tritiyai
Pooramtill 4.13 pm, then Uthiram
Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.50–1.41
Yamagandamevening 5.19–7.10
Kuligaimorning 8.11–10.02
ChandrashtamamUntil 10.05 pm: Uthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quartersThen: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.22–8.11night 10.10–11.19

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, 1.41 pm to 5.19 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 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

1.41–5.19 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.22–8.11 amClear of every caution
6.22–8.11 am, inside the clear stretch
10.02–11.50 amClear of every caution
1.12–2.09 pm; Rahu Kalam also runs
7.10–8.59 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

8.11–10.02 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.50 am–1.41 pm
5.19–7.10 pm
11.19 pm–12.55 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until 10.05 pm

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara Rasi.

Then

from 10.05 pm, until Monday 4.50 am

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise6.22 am
Sunset8.59 pm
Moonrise9.00 am
Moonset9.32 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

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
Velli (Friday)
Dwitiyai, till 7.17 am 2–19 nazhigai
Tritiyai, till 5.59 am (next day) 59–01 nazhigai		Chaturthi
Pooram, till 4.13 pm 24–37 nazhigaiUthiram
Shiva Yogam, till 7.39 pm 33–11 nazhigaiSiddha Yogam
Kaulava Karanam, till 7.17 am 2–19 nazhigai
Taitila Karanam, till 6.33 pm 30–28 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 5.59 am (next day) 59–01 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Calgary

WindowTimeTraditional use
5.07–5.44 amPrayer, meditation, study
8.11–10.02 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
10.04–11.36 amA favourable window
11.50 am–1.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.12–2.09 pmWidely used for beginnings
5.19–7.10 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.19 pm–12.55 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam6.22
Soram8.11
Uthi10.02
Visham11.50
Amirtham1.41
Rogam3.30
Labam15.20
Dhanam7.10

Night

Rogam8.59
Labam210.10
Dhanam311.21
Sugam412.31
Soram1.41
Uthi2.52
Visham4.02
Amirtham5.13

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Dvitīyā · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Pūrvaphalgunī (Uttaraphalgunī 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
Kataka6.22 am6.42 am
Simha6.42 am9.31 am
Kanya9.31 am12.21 pm
Tula12.21 pm3.10 pm
Vrischika3.10 pm5.46 pm
Dhanu5.46 pm7.42 pm
Makara7.42 pm8.57 pm
Kumbha8.57 pm9.52 pm
Meena9.52 pm10.44 pm
Mesha10.44 pm11.49 pm
Vrishabha11.49 pm1.27 am
Mithuna1.27 am3.50 am
Kataka3.50 am6.23 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran6.22
Budhan7.35
Chandra8.48
Sani10.01
Guru11.14
Sevvai12.27
Suriya1.40
Sukran2.54
Budhan4.07
Chandra5.20
Sani6.33
Guru7.46

Night

Sevvai8.59
Suriya9.46
Sukran10.33
Budhan11.20
Chandra12.07
Sani12.54
Guru1.41
Sevvai2.28
Suriya3.15
Sukran4.02
Budhan4.49
Chandra5.36

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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