Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
17
Nyayiru
Theypirai
Chaturthitill 12.46 pm, then Panchami
Poorattathitill 11.07 am, then Uthirattathi
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.19–8.08
Yamagandamafternoon 12.56–2.45
Kuligaievening 4.32–6.20
ChandrashtamamMagam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
Keezhnokku Naaldownward day
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.45–7.33evening 8.08–8.52

Computed for Chicago, in US Central time (CDT). 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, 2.45 pm to 4.32 pm is the best of the day.

Atiganda Yogam runs till 12.00 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 Chicago

Computed for Chicago, 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

2.45–4.32 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.45–7.33 am; Atiganda Yogam also runs
12.00–12.56 pmShort clear window
12.28–1.25 pm; Yamagandam also runs

Avoid

12.56–2.45 pm
4.32–6.20 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.12–7.11 pm
6.19–8.08 pm
8.52–10.31 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Tuesday 11.25 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

Sunrise5.45 am
Sunset8.08 pm
Moonrise10.02 pm
Moonset9.49 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMeena Rasi, from 4.57 am

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Chicago 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 12.46 pm 17–31 nazhigaiPanchami
Poorattathi, till 11.07 am 13–25 nazhigaiUthirattathi
Atiganda Yogam, till 12.00 pm caution 15–36 nazhigaiSukarma Yogam
Balava Karanam, till 12.46 pm 17–31 nazhigai
Kaulava Karanam, till 12.39 am (next day) 47–13 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Chicago

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.29–5.06 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.28–1.25 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.56–2.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.32–6.20 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.12–7.11 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.19–8.08 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.52–10.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Amirtha Kalam on this dayA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi15.45
Amirtham27.33
Rogam9.20
Labam311.09
Dhanam412.57
Sugam2.45
Soram4.32
Visham6.19

Night

Dhanam58.08
Sugam69.21
Soram10.32
Visham11.44
Uthi12.57
Amirtham2.10
Rogam3.21
Labam4.34

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 Atiganda Yogam; 4 Yamagandam; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā (Uttaraproṣṭhapadā from 11.07 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
Kataka5.45 am7.03 am
Simha7.03 am9.36 am
Kanya9.36 am12.09 pm
Tula12.09 pm2.44 pm
Vrischika2.44 pm5.10 pm
Dhanu5.10 pm7.10 pm
Makara7.10 pm8.40 pm
Kumbha8.40 pm9.51 pm
Meena9.51 pm10.59 pm
Mesha10.59 pm12.20 am
Vrishabha12.20 am2.07 am
Mithuna2.07 am4.25 am
Kataka4.25 am5.46 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.45
Sukran6.57
Budhan8.09
Chandra9.21
Sani10.33
Guru11.45
Sevvai12.56
Suriya2.08
Sukran3.20
Budhan4.32
Chandra5.44
Sani6.56

Night

Guru8.08
Sevvai8.56
Suriya9.44
Sukran10.32
Budhan11.21
Chandra12.09
Sani12.57
Guru1.45
Sevvai2.33
Suriya3.22
Sukran4.10
Budhan4.58

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 11.25 am

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