Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
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Monday
Parabhava
Aadi
25
Thingal
Theypirai
Trayodasitill 7.25 pm, then Chaturdasi
Punarpoosamtill 12.40 am (next day), then Poosam
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Masa Sivaratri

Rahu Kalammorning 7.46–9.32
Yamagandammorning 11.16–1.02
Kuligaiafternoon 2.45–4.31
ChandrashtamamUntil 7.14 pm: Visakam 4th quarter, Anusham, KettaiThen: Moolam, Pooradam, Uthiradam 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 6.01–7.46evening 8.01–9.15

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

For anything new, 5.13 pm to 7.24 pm is the best of the day.

Vajra Yogam runs till 12.58 pm; Bhadra Karanam runs till 5.54 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 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

5.13–7.24 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
6.01–7.46 am; Vajra Yogam also runs
12.34–1.29 pm; Yamagandam and Vajra Yogam also run
1.02–1.29 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.46–9.32 am
11.16 am–1.02 pm
1.29–2.25 pm
1.48–3.16 pm
2.45–4.31 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
4.16–5.13 pm

Chandrashtamam

until 7.14 pm

Anusham · Kettai · Visakam, fourth quarter

For those born in Vrischika Rasi.

Then

from 7.14 pm, until Wednesday 8.37 pm

Moolam · Pooradam · Uthiradam, first quarter

For those born in Dhanu 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

Sunrise6.01 am
Sunset8.01 pm
Moonrise4.29 am (next day)
Moonset6.50 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonMithuna Rasi

This day and the next

Masa Sivaratri, the monthly Sivaratri; worship through the night.

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
Thingal (Monday)
Trayodasi, till 7.25 pm 33–27 nazhigaiChaturdasi
Punarpoosam, till 12.40 am (next day) 46–34 nazhigaiPoosam
Vajra Yogam, till 12.58 pm caution 17–19 nazhigaiSiddhi Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 8.58 am 7–21 nazhigai
Vanija Karanam, till 7.25 pm 33–27 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 5.54 am (next day) caution 59–37 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for New York

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.42–5.21 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.46–9.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
11.16 am–1.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.34–1.29 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.29–2.25 pmAvoided for new beginnings
1.48–3.16 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.45–4.31 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
4.16–5.13 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.30–11.56 pmA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Amirtham16.01
Visham7.46
Rogam9.31
Labam211.17
Dhanam31.02
Sugam42.46
Soram4.30
Uthi56.16

Night

Sugam8.01
Soram9.15
Uthi10.32
Amirtham11.47
Visham1.01
Rogam2.16
Labam3.32
Dhanam4.48

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Trayodaśī · Indu Vāsara · Punarvasu

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
Kataka6.01 am6.39 am
Simha6.39 am9.11 am
Kanya9.11 am11.42 am
Tula11.42 am2.15 pm
Vrischika2.15 pm4.41 pm
Dhanu4.41 pm6.41 pm
Makara6.41 pm8.12 pm
Kumbha8.12 pm9.25 pm
Meena9.25 pm10.35 pm
Mesha10.35 pm11.57 pm
Vrishabha11.57 pm1.45 am
Mithuna1.45 am4.03 am
Kataka4.03 am6.02 am

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

Horai

Day

Chandra6.01
Sani7.11
Guru8.21
Sevvai9.31
Suriya10.41
Sukran11.51
Budhan1.01
Chandra2.11
Sani3.21
Guru4.31
Sevvai5.41
Suriya6.51

Night

Sukran8.01
Budhan8.51
Chandra9.41
Sani10.31
Guru11.21
Sevvai12.11
Suriya1.02
Sukran1.52
Budhan2.42
Chandra3.32
Sani4.22
Guru5.12

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

Also

East on Mondays; Parigaram: curd

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