Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
5
Wednesday
Parabhava
Aadi
20
Budhan
Theypirai
Saptamitill 11.13 am, then Ashtami
Ashwinitill 11.48 am, then Bharani
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalamafternoon 1.01–2.49
Yamagandammorning 7.42–9.30
Kuligaimorning 11.15–1.02
ChandrashtamamUthiram 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Hastham, Chithirai 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamNorth · Parigaram: milk
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.56–7.42evening 8.07–8.58

Computed for New York, 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

Keep new beginnings small on this day.

Shoola Yogam runs till 8.00 am; Ganda Yogam runs till 5.31 am Thursday. No part of the day is clear of every caution. If something cannot wait, prefer a good part of the Gowri Panchangam and ask your family's jyotishi.

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 New York

Computed for New York, 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

5.56–7.42 am; Shoola Yogam also runs

Avoid

7.42–9.30 am
7.54–9.28 am
11.15 am–1.02 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
12.33–1.31 pm
1.01–2.49 pm
8.58–10.31 pm, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

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
Sunset8.07 pm
Moonrise11.27 pm
Moonset1.20 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMesha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for New York 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
Budhan (Wednesday)
Saptami, till 11.13 am 13–11 nazhigaiAshtami
Ashwini, till 11.48 am 14–39 nazhigaiBharani
Shoola Yogam, till 8.00 am caution 5–06 nazhigai
Ganda Yogam, till 5.31 am (next day) caution 58–54 nazhigai		Vriddhi Yogam
Bava Karanam, till 11.13 am 13–11 nazhigai
Balava Karanam, till 10.21 pm 41–01 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for New York

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.38–5.17 amPrayer, meditation, study
4.48–6.20 amA favourable window
7.42–9.30 amAvoided for new beginnings
7.54–9.28 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.15 am–1.02 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
12.33–1.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.01–2.49 pmAvoided for new beginnings
8.58–10.31 pmAvoided for new beginnings
No Abhijit Muhurtham on this dayWidely used for beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Labam15.56
Dhanam27.43
Sugam39.30
Soram11.15
Visham1.01
Uthi42.49
Amirtham54.35
Rogam6.20

Night

Uthi68.07
Amirtham79.21
Rogam10.34
Labam11.49
Dhanam1.03
Sugam2.16
Soram3.29
Visham4.43

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Shoola Yogam; 2 Yamagandam, Tyajyam, Shoola Yogam and Ganda Yogam; 3 Ganda Yogam; 4 Ganda Yogam; 5 Ganda Yogam; 6 Tyajyam; 7 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Saptamī · Saumya Vāsara · Aśvinī (Bharaṇī from 11.48 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 am6.59 am
Simha6.59 am9.30 am
Kanya9.30 am12.02 pm
Tula12.02 pm2.34 pm
Vrischika2.34 pm5.00 pm
Dhanu5.00 pm7.01 pm
Makara7.01 pm8.31 pm
Kumbha8.31 pm9.44 pm
Meena9.44 pm10.54 pm
Mesha10.54 pm12.16 am
Vrishabha12.16 am2.05 am
Mithuna2.05 am4.23 am
Kataka4.23 am5.57 am

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

Horai

Day

Budhan5.56
Chandra7.07
Sani8.18
Guru9.29
Sevvai10.40
Suriya11.51
Sukran1.02
Budhan2.13
Chandra3.23
Sani4.34
Guru5.45
Sevvai6.56

Night

Suriya8.07
Sukran8.56
Budhan9.45
Chandra10.35
Sani11.24
Guru12.13
Sevvai1.02
Suriya1.51
Sukran2.41
Budhan3.30
Chandra4.19
Sani5.08

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

Also

North on Wednesdays; Parigaram: milk

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