Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
17
Friday
Parabhava
Aadi
2
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 1 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.


Valarpirai
Chaturthitill 4.13 pm, then Panchami
Magamtill 6.05 am, then Pooram
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam
Rahu Kalammorning 11.09–12.55
Yamagandamevening 4.25–6.12
Kuligaimorning 7.38–9.24
ChandrashtamamUthiradam 2nd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Thiruvonam, Avittam 1st⁠–⁠2nd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.53–7.38night 9.12–10.25

Computed for San Diego, 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, 6.12 pm to sunset is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 4.14 pm; Vyatipata Yogam runs till 10.17 am.

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 San Diego

Computed for San Diego, 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

6.12–7.57 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.53–7.38 am; Bhadra Karanam and Vyatipata Yogam also run
12.27–1.22 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run
4.14–4.25 pmShort clear window

Avoid

7.38–9.24 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.09 am–12.55 pm
1.53–3.28 pm
4.25–6.12 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 11.30 am

Thiruvonam · Uthiradam, second to fourth quarters · Avittam, first to second quarters

For those born in Makara 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

Sunrise5.53 am
Sunset7.57 pm
Moonrise9.36 am
Moonset10.19 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonSimha Rasi

This day and the next

No major observance on this day.

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

Full panchangam

For rituals and muhurtham, computed for San Diego 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
Velli (Friday)
Chaturthi, till 4.13 pm 25–51 nazhigaiPanchami
Magam, till 6.05 am 0–31 nazhigai
Pooram, till 5.31 am (next day) 59–03 nazhigai
Uthiram
Vyatipata Yogam, till 10.17 am caution 10–58 nazhigaiVariyan Yogam
Bhadra Karanam, till 4.14 pm caution 25–51 nazhigai
Bava Karanam, till 3.37 am (next day) 54–20 nazhigai
Marana Yogam, then Siddha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.34–5.13 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.38–9.24 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.09 am–12.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.27–1.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
1.53–3.28 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.25–6.12 pmAvoided for new beginnings
11.16 pm–12.49 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam15.53
Soram7.38
Uthi29.24
Visham11.09
Amirtham312.55
Rogam2.40
Labam44.26
Dhanam6.12

Night

Rogam7.57
Labam9.12
Dhanam10.26
Sugam11.41
Soram12.55
Uthi2.10
Visham3.24
Amirtham4.39

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Caturthī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Maghā (Pūrvaphalgunī from 6.05 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
Mithuna5.53 am5.54 am
Kataka5.54 am8.18 am
Simha8.18 am10.39 am
Kanya10.39 am1.00 pm
Tula1.00 pm3.24 pm
Vrischika3.24 pm5.44 pm
Dhanu5.44 pm7.47 pm
Makara7.47 pm9.26 pm
Kumbha9.26 pm10.49 pm
Meena10.49 pm12.10 am
Mesha12.10 am1.41 am
Vrishabha1.41 am3.34 am
Mithuna3.34 am5.50 am
Kataka5.50 am5.53 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.53
Budhan7.03
Chandra8.13
Sani9.24
Guru10.34
Sevvai11.44
Suriya12.55
Sukran2.05
Budhan3.15
Chandra4.26
Sani5.36
Guru6.46

Night

Sevvai7.57
Suriya8.46
Sukran9.36
Budhan10.26
Chandra11.16
Sani12.05
Guru12.55
Sevvai1.45
Suriya2.34
Sukran3.24
Budhan4.14
Chandra5.04

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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