August 2026

Tuesday

Parabhava

Aadi

Sevvai

Theypirai

Shashtitill 12.34 pm, then Saptami

Revathitill 12.24 pm, then Ashwini

Siddha Yogam

Rahu Kalamevening 4.35–6.22

Yamagandammorning 9.28–11.16

Kuligaiafternoon 1.01–2.49

ChandrashtamamUntil 12.25 pm: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarterThen: Uthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters

SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk

Gowri Nalla Neram

afternoon 2.49–4.35night 9.22–10.35

Computed for Jersey City, 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, 5.56 am to 8.46 am is the best of the day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 8.00 am Wednesday; Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.58 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 Jersey City

Computed for Jersey City, 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

5.56–8.46 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam

12.34–1.30 pm; Kuligai, Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

2.49–4.35 pm; Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

8.46–9.43 am

9.28–11.16 am

1.01–2.49 pm, what begins now is said to repeat

4.35–6.22 pm

12.03–12.43 am, early Wednesday, before sunrise

Chandrashtamam

until 12.25 pm

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha Rasi.

Then

from 12.25 pm, until Thursday 4.24 pm

Hastham · Uthiram, second to fourth quarters · Chithirai, first to second quarters

For those born in Kanya 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

Sunrise5.56 am

Sunset8.08 pm

Moonrise10.56 pm

Moonset12.08 pm

SunKataka Rasi

MoonMeena Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Jersey City 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
	Sevvai (Tuesday)
	Shashti, till 12.34 pm 16–35 nazhigai	Saptami
	Revathi, till 12.24 pm 16–11 nazhigai	Ashwini
	Dhriti Yogam, till 10.04 am 10–19 nazhigai	Shoola Yogam
	Vanija Karanam, till 12.34 pm 16–35 nazhigai Bhadra Karanam, till 11.58 pm caution 45–02 nazhigai
	Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Jersey City

Window	Time	Traditional use
	4.38–5.16 am	Prayer, meditation, study
	8.46–9.43 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	9.28–11.16 am	Avoided for new beginnings
	10.01–11.36 am 4.48–6.20 am	A favourable window
	12.34–1.30 pm	Widely used for beginnings
	1.01–2.49 pm	Avoided for things you do not want repeated
	4.35–6.22 pm	Avoided for new beginnings
	12.03–12.43 am	Avoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Rogam5.56

Labam¹7.43

Dhanam²9.29

Sugam³11.16

Soram1.01

Uthi⁴2.49

Visham4.35

Amirtham⁵6.22

Night

Soram8.08

Uthi9.22

Visham10.35

Amirtham⁶11.49

Rogam1.02

Labam2.16

Dhanam3.30

Sugam4.43

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham; 2 Durmuhurtham, Yamagandam and Shoola Yogam; 3 Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 5 Shoola Yogam and Bhadra Karanam; 6 Durmuhurtham.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhauma Vāsara · Revatī (Aśvinī from 12.24 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	5.56 am	7.03 am
Simha	7.03 am	9.35 am
Kanya	9.35 am	12.06 pm
Tula	12.06 pm	2.39 pm
Vrischika	2.39 pm	5.04 pm
Dhanu	5.04 pm	7.05 pm
Makara	7.05 pm	8.35 pm
Kumbha	8.35 pm	9.48 pm
Meena	9.48 pm	10.58 pm
Mesha	10.58 pm	12.20 am
Vrishabha	12.20 am	2.09 am
Mithuna	2.09 am	4.27 am
Kataka	4.27 am	5.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Sevvai5.56

Suriya7.07

Sukran8.18

Budhan9.29

Chandra10.40

Sani11.51

Guru1.02

Sevvai2.13

Suriya3.24

Sukran4.35

Budhan5.46

Chandra6.57

Night

Sani8.08

Guru8.57

Sevvai9.46

Suriya10.35

Sukran11.24

Budhan12.13

Chandra1.02

Sani1.51

Guru2.40

Sevvai3.29

Suriya4.19

Sukran5.08

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

Also

	North on Tuesdays; Parigaram: milk
	In force all day, until 12.25 pm