Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
19
Sunday
Parabhava
Aadi
4
Nyayiru

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 3 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.


Valarpirai
Shashtitill 3.00 pm, then Saptami
Hasthamtill 6.40 am (next day), then Chithirai
Amirtha Yogam
Rahu Kalamevening 6.10–7.56
Yamagandamafternoon 12.54–2.41
Kuligaievening 4.25–6.11
ChandrashtamamAvittam 3rd⁠–⁠4th quarters, Sathayam, Poorattathi 1st⁠–⁠3rd quarters
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.54–7.39evening 7.56–9.10

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, 6.54 am to 12.54 pm is the best of the day.

Parigha Yogam runs till 6.54 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

6.54 am–12.54 pmClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.54–7.39 am; Parigha Yogam also runs
12.27–1.22 pm; Yamagandam also runs
4.07–4.25 pmShort clear window

Avoid

12.54–2.41 pm
2.26–4.07 pm
4.25–6.11 pm, what begins now is said to repeat
6.03–7.00 pm
6.10–7.56 pm

Chandrashtamam

until Monday 7.25 pm

Sathayam · Avittam, third to fourth quarters · Poorattathi, first to third quarters

For those born in Kumbha 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

Sunrise5.54 am
Sunset7.56 pm
Moonrise11.40 am
Moonset11.14 pm
SunKataka Rasi
MoonKanya 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
Nyayiru (Sunday)
Shashti, till 3.00 pm 22–46 nazhigaiSaptami
Hastham, till 6.40 am (next day) 61–53 nazhigaiChithirai
Parigha Yogam, till 6.54 am caution 2–28 nazhigaiShiva Yogam
Taitila Karanam, till 3.00 pm 22–46 nazhigai
Gara Karanam, till 3.11 am (next day) 53–12 nazhigai
Amirtha Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.35–5.14 amPrayer, meditation, study
12.27–1.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
12.54–2.41 pmAvoided for new beginnings
2.26–4.07 pmAvoided for new beginnings
4.25–6.11 pmAvoided for things you do not want repeated
6.03–7.00 pmAvoided for new beginnings
6.10–7.56 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.26–2.05 amA favourable window

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Uthi15.54
Amirtham7.40
Rogam9.24
Labam11.10
Dhanam212.55
Sugam32.41
Soram4.25
Visham6.10

Night

Dhanam7.56
Sugam9.11
Soram10.25
Visham11.40
Uthi12.56
Amirtham2.11
Rogam3.24
Labam4.40

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

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ṣaṣṭhī · Bhānu Vāsara · Hasta

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
Kataka5.54 am8.10 am
Simha8.10 am10.31 am
Kanya10.31 am12.52 pm
Tula12.52 pm3.16 pm
Vrischika3.16 pm5.37 pm
Dhanu5.37 pm7.39 pm
Makara7.39 pm9.18 pm
Kumbha9.18 pm10.41 pm
Meena10.41 pm12.02 am
Mesha12.02 am1.33 am
Vrishabha1.33 am3.26 am
Mithuna3.26 am5.42 am
Kataka5.42 am5.55 am

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

Horai

Day

Suriya5.54
Sukran7.04
Budhan8.14
Chandra9.24
Sani10.35
Guru11.45
Sevvai12.55
Suriya2.05
Sukran3.15
Budhan4.25
Chandra5.35
Sani6.46

Night

Guru7.56
Sevvai8.46
Suriya9.36
Sukran10.25
Budhan11.15
Chandra12.05
Sani12.55
Guru1.45
Sevvai2.35
Suriya3.25
Sukran4.15
Budhan5.05

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

Also

West on Sundays; Parigaram: jaggery

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