Computed for Pittsburgh, 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.
Vishkambha Yogam runs all day, till 8.45 pm. 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.
Daily archanai and worship need no muhurtham. For anything important, your family's jyotishi comes first.
Shastra
Your day: Tamil calendar for Pittsburgh
Computed for Pittsburgh, to the minute. Use these minutes when fixing a muhurtham.
The day at a glance
Avoid
Caution Karanam, Yogam
Good time Gowri Nalla Neram
All clear no caution
Nazhigai
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
12.56–1.49 pm; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
4.45–6.26 pm; Vishkambha Yogam also runs
Avoid
6.38–8.19 am, what begins now is said to repeat
6.38–8.26 am
9.59–11.42 am
2.17–4.06 pm
3.03–4.45 pm
6.27–8.15 am, early Sunday
Chandrashtamam
until Monday 5.37 pm
Rohini · Karthigai, second to fourth quarters· Mirugaseeridam, first to second quarters
For those born in Vrishabha 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
Sunrise6.38 am
Sunset8.07 pm
Moonrise5.09 pm
Moonset1.41 am (next day)
SunSimha Rasi
MoonDhanu Rasi, from 5.19 am
This day and the next
No major observance on this day.
Sunday 23 August: Ekadasi.
Observance days as Tamil calendars keep them, set by Pittsburgh's own sunrise, sunset and moonrise.
Full panchangam
For rituals and muhurtham, computed for Pittsburgh 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
Sani (Saturday)
Dasami, till 4.31 pm 24–42 nazhigai
Ekadasi
Moolam, till 8.15 am (next day) 64–01 nazhigai
Pooradam
Vishkambha Yogam, till 8.45 pm caution35–16 nazhigai
Priti Yogam
Gara Karanam, till 4.31 pm 24–42 nazhigai Vanija Karanam, till 5.41 am (next day) 57–38 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam
Nazhigai count from sunrise.
Time windows, computed for Pittsburgh
Window
Time
Traditional use
5.14–5.55 am
Prayer, meditation, study
6.38–8.19 am
Avoided for things you do not want repeated
6.38–8.26 am
Avoided for new beginnings
9.59–11.42 am
Avoided for new beginnings
12.56–1.49 pm
Widely used for beginnings
2.17–4.06 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
3.03–4.45 pm
Avoided for new beginnings
1.05–2.51 am
A favourable window
6.27–8.15 am
Avoided for new beginnings
Gowri Panchangam
Day
Soram6.38
Uthi18.19
Visham9.59
Amirtham211.42
Rogam1.22
Labam33.04
Dhanam44.45
Sugam56.27
Night
Labam8.07
Dhanam9.27
Sugam10.46
Soram12.04
Uthi1.23
Visham2.41
Amirtham4.01
Soram5.19
Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Durmuhurtham and Vishkambha Yogam; 2 Vishkambha Yogam; 3 Tyajyam, Yamagandam and Vishkambha Yogam; 4 Vishkambha Yogam; 5 Vishkambha Yogam.