Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
16
Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
31
Nyayiru
Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 7.23 am, then Panchami
Hasthamtill 6.21 pm, then Chithirai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.10–7.54
Yamagandamafternoon 1.01–2.45
Kuligaievening 4.27–6.11
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.09–7.52evening 7.54–9.10

Computed for Edison, in US 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, 7.24 am to 1.01 pm is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 7.24 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 Edison

Computed for Edison, 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

7.24 am–1.01 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.09–7.52 am; Bhadra Karanam also runs
12.35–1.29 pm; Yamagandam also runs
2.45–4.27 pmClear of every caution

Avoid

1.01–2.45 pm
4.27–6.11 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.03–6.59 pm
6.10–7.54 pm
2.43–4.25 am, early Monday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 6.50 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

Sunrise6.09 am
Sunset7.54 pm
Moonrise10.36 am
Moonset9.37 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKanya Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Edison 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 7.23 am 3–05 nazhigaiPanchami
Hastham, till 6.21 pm 30–28 nazhigaiChithirai
Sadhya Yogam, till 6.38 pm 31–11 nazhigaiShubha Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 7.24 am caution 3–05 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 7.21 pm 32–59 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Edison

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.48–5.28 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.15–1.52 pmA favourable window
12.35–1.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.01–2.45 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.27–6.11 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.03–6.59 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.10–7.54 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.43–4.25 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi16.09
Amirtham7.53
Rogam9.35
Labam11.19
Dhanam21.02
Sugam2.45
Soram4.27
Visham6.10

Night

Dhanam7.54
Sugam9.11
Soram10.28
Visham11.45
Uthi1.03
Amirtham32.20
Rogam3.36
Labam4.54

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhānu Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 6.21 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
Kataka6.09 am6.17 am
Simha6.17 am8.49 am
Kanya8.49 am11.20 am
Tula11.20 am1.52 pm
Vrischika1.52 pm4.18 pm
Dhanu4.18 pm6.19 pm
Makara6.19 pm7.49 pm
Kumbha7.49 pm9.03 pm
Meena9.03 pm10.13 pm
Mesha10.13 pm11.35 pm
Vrishabha11.35 pm1.24 am
Mithuna1.24 am3.42 am
Kataka3.42 am6.10 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya6.09
Sukran7.18
Budhan8.27
Chandra9.35
Sani10.44
Guru11.53
Sevvai1.02
Suriya2.10
Sukran3.19
Budhan4.28
Chandra5.37
Sani6.45

Night

Guru7.54
Sevvai8.45
Suriya9.37
Sukran10.28
Budhan11.19
Chandra12.11
Sani1.02
Guru1.53
Sevvai2.45
Suriya3.36
Sukran4.27
Budhan5.19

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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