Shastra Panchangam
July 2026
24
Friday
Parabhava
Aadi
9
Velli

Tamil Nadu calendars show Aadi 8 on this day. Here Aadi began a day earlier, on Thursday 16 July.


Valarpirai
Ekadasitill 11.05 pm, then Dwadasi
Anushamtill 4.07 pm, then Kettai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Ekadasi

Rahu Kalammorning 11.10–12.55
Yamagandamevening 4.23–6.09
Kuligaimorning 7.41–9.27
ChandrashtamamAshwini, Bharani, Karthigai 1st quarter
SoolamWest · Parigaram: jaggery
Gowri Nalla Neram
morning 5.57–7.41night 9.09–10.24

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, 5.57 am to 7.41 am is the best of the day.

Bhadra Karanam runs till 11.05 pm.

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

5.57–7.41 amClear of every caution; the steadiest time for subha karyam
5.57–7.41 am, inside the clear stretch
9.27–9.53 amShort clear window
12.28–1.22 pm; Rahu Kalam and Bhadra Karanam also run

Avoid

7.41–9.27 am, what begins now is said to repeat
11.10 am–12.55 pm
4.23–6.09 pm
10.24 pm–12.13 am, in the evening

Chandrashtamam

until Saturday 7.05 pm

Ashwini · Bharani · Karthigai, first quarter

For those born in Mesha 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

Sunrise5.57 am
Sunset7.53 pm
Moonrise4.35 pm
Moonset2.09 am (next day)
SunKataka Rasi
MoonVrischika Rasi

This day and the next

Ekadasi, a fasting day in many families.

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)
Ekadasi, till 11.05 pm 42–48 nazhigaiDwadasi
Anusham, till 4.07 pm 25–23 nazhigaiKettai
Shukla Yogam, till 7.42 am 4–21 nazhigaiBrahma Yogam
Vanija Karanam, till 9.53 am 9–50 nazhigai
Bhadra Karanam, till 11.05 pm caution 42–48 nazhigai
Siddha Yogam, then Marana Yogam

Nazhigai count from sunrise.

Time windows, computed for San Diego

WindowTimeTraditional use
4.28–6.15 amA favourable window
4.37–5.16 amPrayer, meditation, study
7.41–9.27 amAvoided for things you do not want repeated
11.10 am–12.55 pmAvoided for new beginnings
12.28–1.22 pmWidely used for beginnings
4.23–6.09 pmAvoided for new beginnings
10.24 pm–12.13 amAvoided for new beginnings

Gowri Panchangam

Day

Sugam5.57
Soram7.41
Uthi19.27
Visham11.10
Amirtham212.55
Rogam2.39
Labam34.24
Dhanam46.09

Night

Rogam7.53
Labam9.09
Dhanam510.25
Sugam611.40
Soram12.55
Uthi2.11
Visham3.26
Amirtham4.43

Names in gold are good parts. A numbered good part overlaps a caution, and the caution counts first: 1 Bhadra Karanam; 2 Bhadra Karanam; 3 Yamagandam and Bhadra Karanam; 4 Bhadra Karanam; 5 Tyajyam; 6 Tyajyam.

For sankalpam

Parābhava · Dakṣiṇāyana · Grīṣma Ṛtu · Karkaṭa Māsa · Śukla Pakṣa · Ekādaśī · Bhṛgu Vāsara · Anurādhā (Jyeṣṭhā from 4.07 pm, 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
Kataka5.57 am7.50 am
Simha7.50 am10.12 am
Kanya10.12 am12.33 pm
Tula12.33 pm2.56 pm
Vrischika2.56 pm5.17 pm
Dhanu5.17 pm7.20 pm
Makara7.20 pm8.59 pm
Kumbha8.59 pm10.22 pm
Meena10.22 pm11.42 pm
Mesha11.42 pm1.13 am
Vrishabha1.13 am3.07 am
Mithuna3.07 am5.22 am
Kataka5.22 am5.58 am

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

Horai

Day

Sukran5.57
Budhan7.07
Chandra8.16
Sani9.26
Guru10.36
Sevvai11.45
Suriya12.55
Sukran2.05
Budhan3.14
Chandra4.24
Sani5.34
Guru6.43

Night

Sevvai7.53
Suriya8.43
Sukran9.34
Budhan10.24
Chandra11.15
Sani12.05
Guru12.55
Sevvai1.46
Suriya2.36
Sukran3.27
Budhan4.17
Chandra5.07

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

Also

West on Fridays; Parigaram: jaggery

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