Shastra Panchangam
August 2026
1
Saturday
Parabhava
Aadi
17
Sani

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

Theypirai
Tritiyaitill 10.38 am, then Chaturthi
Sathayamtill 8.16 am, then Poorattathi
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Sankatahara Chaturthi

Rahu Kalammorning 9.07–10.51
Yamagandamafternoon 2.17–4.02
Kuligaimorning 5.41–7.25
ChandrashtamamUntil 2.58 am (next day): Punarpoosam 4th quarter, Poosam, AyilyamThen: Magam, Pooram, Uthiram 1st quarter
SoolamEast · Parigaram: curd
Gowri Nalla Neram
evening 5.45–7.28night 8.45–10.01

Computed for Phoenix, in Arizona time (MST). 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.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 10.38 am; Atiganda Yogam runs till 10.00 am Sunday. 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 Phoenix

Computed for Phoenix, 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

12.07–1.01 pm; Atiganda Yogam also runs
5.45–7.28 pm; Atiganda Yogam also runs

Avoid

5.41–7.25 am, what begins now is said to repeat
5.41–7.32 am
9.07–10.51 am
2.17–4.02 pm
2.53–4.33 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Sunday 2.58 am

Poosam · Ayilyam · Punarpoosam, fourth quarter

For those born in Kataka Rasi.

Then

from 2.58 am, until Tuesday 9.25 am

Magam · Pooram · Uthiram, first quarter

For those born in Simha 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

Sunrise5.41 am
Sunset7.28 pm
Moonrise9.19 pm
Moonset8.30 am
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKumbha Rasi

This day and the next

Sankatahara Chaturthi, Ganesha worship; the fast ends at moonrise.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Phoenix 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
Sani (Saturday)
Tritiyai, till 10.38 am 12–22 nazhigaiChaturthi
Sathayam, till 8.16 am 6–27 nazhigaiPoorattathi
Shobhana Yogam, till 10.53 am 13–00 nazhigaiAtiganda Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 10.38 am caution 12–22 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 10.45 pm 42–40 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for Phoenix

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.20–4.59 amPrayer, meditation, study
5.41–7.25 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
5.41–7.32 amAvoided for new beginnings
9.07–10.51 amAvoided for new beginnings
12.07–1.01 pmWidely used for beginnings
2.17–4.02 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.53–4.33 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.51–2.29 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Soram5.41
Uthi17.25
Visham9.07
Amirtham210.51
Rogam12.34
Labam32.18
Dhanam44.02
Sugam55.45

Night

Labam7.28
Dhanam8.45
Sugam10.02
Soram11.18
Uthi12.35
Visham1.51
Amirtham3.09
Soram4.24

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa · Tṛtīyā · Sthira Vāsara · Śatabhiṣaj (Pūrvaproṣṭhapadā from 8.16 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
Kataka5.41 am6.57 am
Simha6.57 am9.20 am
Kanya9.20 am11.42 am
Tula11.42 am2.06 pm
Vrischika2.06 pm4.27 pm
Dhanu4.27 pm6.30 pm
Makara6.30 pm8.08 pm
Kumbha8.08 pm9.30 pm
Meena9.30 pm10.50 pm
Mesha10.50 pm12.20 am
Vrishabha12.20 am2.13 am
Mithuna2.13 am4.29 am
Kataka4.29 am5.41 am

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

Horai

Day

Sani5.41
Guru6.50
Sevvai7.59
Suriya9.08
Sukran10.17
Budhan11.25
Chandra12.34
Sani1.43
Guru2.52
Sevvai4.01
Suriya5.10
Sukran6.19

Night

Budhan7.28
Chandra8.19
Sani9.10
Guru10.01
Sevvai10.53
Suriya11.44
Sukran12.35
Budhan1.26
Chandra2.17
Sani3.08
Guru3.59
Sevvai4.50

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

Also

East on Saturdays; Parigaram: curd
In force all day, until Sunday 2.58 am

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