Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
20
Monday
Parabhava
Aadi
5
Thingal

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 4 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.

Valarpirai
Saptamitill 3.33 pm, then Ashtami
Hasthamtill 6.40 am, then Chithirai
Rahu Kalammorning 7.41–9.28
Yamagandammorning 11.13–1.00
Kuligaiafternoon 2.45–4.31
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.25 pm: Avittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quartersThen: Poorattathi 4th quarter, Uthirattathi, Revathi
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 6.17–8.03night 10.32–11.45

Computed for Los Angeles, in US Pacific time (PDT). 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 7.41 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 4.06 am Tuesday.

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 Los Angeles

Computed for Los Angeles, 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

5.56–7.41 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
9.28–11.13 amClear of every caution
12.31–1.27 pm; Yamagandam also runs
1.00–1.27 pmShort clear window
2.24–2.45 pmShort clear window
6.17–8.03 pm; Bhadra Karanam also runs

Avoid

7.41–9.28 am
11.13 am–1.00 pm
1.27–2.24 pm
2.45–4.31 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
3.12–4.56 pm
4.16–5.14 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 7.25 pm

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

For those born in Kumbha Rasi.

Then

from 7.25 pm, until Thursday 6.32 am

Uthirattathi · Revathi · Poorattathi, fourth quarter

For those born in Meena 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
Sunset8.03 pm
Moonrise12.46 pm
Moonset11.44 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 Los Angeles's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Los Angeles 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
Thingal (Monday)
Saptami, till 3.33 pm 24–03 nazhigaiAshtami
Hastham, till 6.40 am 1–50 nazhigaiChithirai
Shiva Yogam, till 6.07 am 0–29 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, till 5.56 am (next day) 59–58 nazhigai		Sadhya Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 3.33 pm 24–03 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 4.06 am (next day) caution 55–23 nazhigai

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Los Angeles

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.37–5.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.41–9.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.13 am–1.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.31–1.27 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.27–2.24 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.45–4.31 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
3.12–4.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.16–5.14 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.29–3.11 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham5.56
Visham7.41
Rogam9.27
Labam111.14
Dhanam21.00
Sugam32.46
Soram4.30
Uthi46.17

Night

Sugam8.03
Soram9.16
Uthi10.32
Amirtham11.46
Visham12.59
Rogam2.13
Labam3.29
Dhanam4.43

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Saptamī · Indu Vāsara · Hasta (Citrā from 6.40 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
Kataka5.56 am8.08 am
Simha8.08 am10.32 am
Kanya10.32 am12.54 pm
Tula12.54 pm3.19 pm
Vrischika3.19 pm5.40 pm
Dhanu5.40 pm7.43 pm
Makara7.43 pm9.20 pm
Kumbha9.20 pm10.42 pm
Meena10.42 pm12.01 am
Mesha12.01 am1.31 am
Vrishabha1.31 am3.23 am
Mithuna3.23 am5.39 am
Kataka5.39 am5.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra5.56
Sani7.06
Guru8.17
Sevvai9.28
Suriya10.38
Sukran11.49
Budhan12.59
Chandra2.10
Sani3.20
Guru4.31
Sevvai5.41
Suriya6.52

Night

Sukran8.03
Budhan8.52
Chandra9.42
Sani10.31
Guru11.21
Sevvai12.10
Suriya1.00
Sukran1.49
Budhan2.39
Chandra3.28
Sani4.18
Guru5.07

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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